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.