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.