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.