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.