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.