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.