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.