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.