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.