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.