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.