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.