Sinister: i!n!k! p!o!l!a!r!o!i!d!

[Mark Casarotto]

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A bijou coffee table in Walthamstow, Sunday. It has
been cleared of the usual debris, though a speck of
mashed potato still lurks viscously on the edge
nearest the camera. The table itself groans under the
weight of the day's purchases at the local cash and
carry, all stacked up with the precision of prototype
skyscrapers at an architects-on-LSD convention. 

There's 10 tins of mackerel, looming over the
militaristic rows of deodorant and shaving cream. The
soft lines of half a dozen stacked cans of tuna are
offset by the neo-futurist form of 4 and a half litres
of scarily blue Fairy liquid. A massive monolith of
fabric conditioner dominates the image, and in its
shadow scampering bags of stuffed pasta cavort
innocently with shiny new razor blades. 

A receipt lies on top of the impassive and unliftable
roll of black binbags, already fraying and
unravelling. On a sofa in the background there's the
blurred shape of a girl, looking slightly embarrassed
at her ex-boyfriend's concept of bargain hunting.
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