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.