Predawn Logistics Zip Ties and Bins

Stark fluorescent tubes cast sharp shadows across a row of steel parcel cages in a Spaccanapoli fulfillment station. Heavy-duty zip ties bind bundles of cardboard, their plastic heads gleaming under the cold light. Nested plastic bins stack in strict departure order, their surfaces coated in a fine layer of winter dust that floats in the visible shafts of illumination. The tight framing isolates the textures of corrugated cardboard and the cold, hard metal of the fixtures. Route placards with handwritten Italian addresses hang loosely from the cage bars. One red bin sits slightly askew against the rigid alignment of the others.