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.