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.