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.