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.