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.