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.