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.