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.