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.