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.