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.