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.