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.