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.