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.