PICTURES OF THE END

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Emergency Phone Not Installed. Please
Do Not Have An Emergency At This Location.
Margarita machine in the shower. LG TV
in the fireplace projecting images of warmth.
Please Ask For Assistance For Top Shelf Items,
says the Self-Help section in the bookshop.
Thanks for this staircase leading nowhere.
AMERICAN FREEDOM (MADE IN CHINA).
Have you run out of Invisible Spray, or have
they? WD-40 for Men. Have a spray in the
PUB IC BATHHOUSE. Cool porcelain toilet.
Ask An Associate For A Demonstration.
BEWARE OF BOB. Hannah Montana cigarettes.
ERROR: NO CONTENT. You Don’t Matter Give Up.

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CONTENT. You Don’t Matter Give Up.
This way to the McDonald’s crematorium.
The soft toys are too big for the claw machine
so we replaced them with deep-fried chicken.
ELF STORAGE. Make heaven crowded. Lemons:
Perfect for orange juice. Level 5 Goose Warning:
The goose on platform 2 is violent and has claimed
the platform as his own. Please avoid. Crocs for cats.
Noodle wedding cake. BACK TO SCHOOL knives.
Cut holes in face mask for your baby to see
through. THE BEST COVID-19. Looking for
a DIY project? Try making your own coffin,
we just had so much fun. In the supermarket,
beef steaks are now sold in heart shapes.

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Beef steaks now come heart-shaped.
The future is dangerous. Don’t go any
further please. Security cameras surveil
each other. NO CRIME 8am–6pm. Police
arrest a wheelie bin. Toy gun packaged
as a musical instrument. In the foyer
there’s a chandelier of sperm lightbulbs.
Reach for the iPad toilet roll. Remember
not to discuss patient information (PIF)
unless the Amazon Echo is muted. WASH
& VACUUM SENIOR CITIZENS. Turkish Airlines
nosedives down an escalator. Sadface emoji
on the highway digital screen. YAHOO! 404.
Abundant Life Centre, abandoned.
Toby Fitch is a lecturer in creative writing at the University of Sydney whose poetry books include Sydney Spleen (Giramondo 2021) and Object Permanence: Calligrammes (Puncher & Wattmann 2022).

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