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.