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.