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.