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.