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.