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.