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.