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.