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.