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.