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.