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.