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.