a  string  of pearls,  like  a necklace. 
   glowing in offensive colors. luring.   
                                          
                                  
           mall           
                                  
                                          
 a few ways  to get  betrayed: being sold 
 broken items or mimicry, being  recorded 
 (for  what purpose?), being  ascribed  a 
 negative value  and  getting kicked out, 
   or beaten, getting requisitioned to    
 operate  some facet of  the  body (being 
 cared  for  enough  to  fear  losing its 
 favor,  yet not enough  to  meaningfully 
                 survive)                 
                                          
 evokes  the sense of scavenging,  but it 
 is a projection and a mirage -  it's all 
  controlled and coreographed, presented  
 like  a  gift,  a  reward  for  nothing. 
          for being so beautiful.         
                                          
 with that  in mind,  is there  a choice? 
                                          
 it's easy to  grow lazy  with its  ease, 
 and leave your  network of minor streams 
 and animal pools  in dissaray, and  with 
 the waning  of  your  secret wells, your 
 depencence  on  the   mall  will   grow.