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.