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.