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.