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.