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.