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.