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.