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.