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.