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.