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.