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.