The street feels like anxiety; like that clingy friend in college shadowing you that you don't have the gumption to shake off.
Serial lights toggle to project
Maramma and Ganesha in green red and blue on to the streaming traffic
A Zomato driver has a screen of Google maps and within that another screen of an IPL match.
It may not be his last delivery
Honks announce a green light
Night seems unattainable
Part of a past that no longer exists
Nights when everything cast ominious shadows, rustling leaves held a mystery.
Or a faraway bark made you hurry home
Happy you weren't that stray with a litter in the ditch
Nights seem part of once upon a time moonlit story
The images conjure so much beyond their immediate intent. Loved these lines in particular, "Night seems unattainable /
ReplyDeletePart of a past that no longer exists."