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.