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.