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.