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Cured Like a ham, or bacon! Irradiated, preserved, a foodstuV that will never go bad! I’m saved, as by salting, or smoking, or aging. I’m hardtack, I’m salt pork, I’m beef jerky. The cancer’s been remedied, eradicated, as if it were just a bad habit. It’s been vulcanized, subjected to chemical action or heat, rendered infusible or chemically inert. I’m rubber, I’m plastic, let death try to mess with me now! I’ll stick in his craw! 37 ...

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