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.