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.