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.