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.