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.