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.