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.