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.