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.