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.