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.