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.