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.