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.