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.