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.