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.