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.