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.