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.