Bugged Out

Insects are renowned for their ability to appear in the most unlikely of places; kitchens, bathtubs, bedrooms, office buildings, and in human bodies as parasites. So it should be no surprise that one should find its way into a courtroom. What was surprising was that it should appear as a witness.
  Huston´s building was a marvel of utilitarian architecture. It was a seven story housing unit, grey with bits of obsidian that protruded in the form of small terraces. Clothes hung from most of the terraces, adding an element of life to an otherwise lifeless structure; “ accidental architectural beauty” in the eyes of an archeological sociologist, but a “pain in the ass,” to the 75 people residing inside.   There were no functioning washing machines or dryers, no heat in the winter nor air-conditioning in the summer and since Huston had contracted some local graffiti writers to render a version of Salvador Dali´s Accommodation of Desire in the lobby, there hadn´t been a renovation since the late eighties.

Its main commodity was cheap rent.