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.