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.