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.