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.