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.