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.