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.