Chewing the Skies from Placards of Want

Ethan Switch - Monday, August 11, 2003 - 19:12:07 - print it raw

High density residential areas invite one probable solution, the apartment block.

One after the other are lined up to conserve the precious space as the landfill outside the front overflows with dead bodies and bodies of people lying in wait for the hit to come along.

Placards for real estate agents are some sort of indication of the life led by those inhabiting the blocks and flats. A life less wanted, a life less seen in the same place. Strewn across the lawns and stumped into the grass like pikes adorning disembodied heads of the waxless tombs of the celebrities.

And in one neighbourhood, these placards have been gnawed and chewed out, a respectful representation of the market place and hurt of those trying to live outside the confines of their extended family.

Or, hungry rats looking for a way to sharpen their teeth.

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