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.