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.