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.