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.