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.