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.