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.