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.