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.