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.