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.