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.