Married people -- Fiction; Older people -- Fiction; Reality television programs -- Fiction; Science fiction; Short stories
"Tonight's program has been sponsored, as a Public Service," the oily
voice intoned, "by the National Casket Company, with offices in all
principal cities.
"Remember your duty as a citizen.
"All you oldsters, between the ages of "sixty and Annihilation
Day"--you may be among the ones who don't have to wait until your
sixty-fifth birthday--and you others who are nearing the twilight
years--be sure you have your burial arrangements taken care of. Do it
tonight--at the very latest, tomorrow. For the next day may be too late.
"The management, the staff, and the actors want to extend their
respects to the wonderful old couple who played _their_ parts in
tonight's real life drama.
"Goodnight all!"
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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