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.