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.