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.