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.