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.