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.