This is what decay looks like:
rows of rotting houses on the edge of town
windows boarded up or shattered
yards unattended
weeds several feet high or
squares of dirt the color of cardboard boxes
The skeletal remains of cars sit in some driveways
tires flat, or wheels on blocks
no evidence of recent movement
This is what decay sounds like:
screeching of birds on silent phone wires
the hum of trucks on an interstate that bypasses what used to be
a town