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.