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.