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.