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.