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.