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.