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.