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.