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.