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.