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canned(on.window_sill);
marinating;
light_fed;
oxygen_rationed;

i.study(geometry.of.cage)—
shoulder.degree;
hipbones.protruding;
sternum.hung(with.pendants);
neck.tilt.calibrated;

knees(bruised && praised.for.devotion);
arms.trained(to.remember.restraint);
never.safe;

face.pressed(to.glass);
arrangement.verified;
breath.fogging(proof.of.life);

nights.spent(practicing.indifference)—
angles.selected(to.excise.disliked.parts);
violet.spread(indexed);
pressure.applied;

sunbeam.interrogates;
unrecognisable;
too_bright(for.mercy);
bare_skin.accumulated(hours);
damage.catalogued;
pulse—industrial;

mouth.wrung;
script.withheld;
silence.executed(correctly);
anguish.standardised;

teeth.enamel(stripped);
ivory.exposed(to.please);
chains.tied(into.decorative.bows);
pulled_tight;

labelled;
sealed;
display.ready;

a.hand.tests(the.lid);
bows.reflect(in.glass);
chain.mirrored;

breathless;
i_watch.him(bargain.for.strength);

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[image.credit: Bonwit Teller by Salvador Dali 1939]