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.