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.