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.