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.