The grey apartment towers showed little signs of the meagre human lives they contained.
Within the smallest of places, the slightest signs of life could be seen.
A scarf here, a curtain there, a handwritten note directed at the window of the opposite tower.
Small signs, common things that house-dwellers ignore.
These tiny life signs may have been in place for years, utterly untouched and who would know?
If rent is paid automatically it can take a good year or, when the money runs out, to check in.
In some cases the stench of decaying meat draws attention long before this can occur.
Otherwise, when landlords care less, some are left to turn to bone.
One such case was found only when new tenants moved into a fully furnished place.
The former inhabitant was found curled up in a maggot-soaked bed, nothing but bones left.
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