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.