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picking through her own feces
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to retrieve those earrings.
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She confessed to me that she swallowed them
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every day, day after day,
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carrying them around inside of her,
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as if, someday, she might return to her former grandeur.
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Poor, ridiculous woman,
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she died from internal bleeding.
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The earrings were very hard on her intestines.
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Obviously, I retrieved them.
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I knew someday I'd meet someone
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who was worthy of their exceptional beauty.