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.