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.