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.