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.