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.