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.