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.