what does it mean?
She looked at her watch again: she could leave now. She stood and from force of habit turned to flush the unused toilet. On the wall behind it someone had printed great jagged letters in what looked like nail polish. The red enamel had dripped and each stroke had a thick pearl at its base. It looked as if it had been written in blood. SOME DEATHS TAKE FOREVER, it read. She drew her breath in sharply and left the booth.
It was 1968.】

I wonder what does "each stroke had a thick pearl at its base"mean?2. does "SOME DEATHS TAKE FOREVER"mean"some death are always unavoidable?"

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what does it mean?
She looked at her watch again: she could leave now. She stood and from force of habit turned to flush the unused toilet. On the wall behind it someone had printed great jagged letters in what looked like nail polish. The red enamel had dripped and each stroke had a thick pearl at its base. It looked as if it had been written in blood. SOME DEATHS TAKE FOREVER, it read. She drew her breath in sharply and left the booth.
It was 1968.】

I wonder what does "each stroke had a thick pearl at its base"mean?2. does "SOME DEATHS TAKE FOREVER"mean"some death are always unavoidable?"

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The author is using a metaphor to describe the writing on the wall behind her. Because the letters were written in nail polish, the polish(red enamel) dripped down forming a bump(thick pearl) at the bottom(base) of each letter(stroke).

The second sentence means that sometimes death can drag out and take a very long time.

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or ,does "some deaths take forever"= some deathe will take a long time?

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