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.