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.