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.