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.