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Night, the oldest of mysteries settles, spreading like hunger. A pall of mist shrouding over the world. Siren sounds and firefighters, drunken brawls, and receding beats. Eyes of wonder asleep, emerging out of the network of shadows growing creeper-like. Stray nuggets of light also reach the eyes shut in meditation. Furtive shadows of passion, elsewhere. Muffled joys; Shades of bottle-grey. Cricket-song. Ululations faint.  Raspy owl-calls, intermittent. In the deep, secret rites of initiation. Somewhere in the far highlands the stars and the broken moon peep in. Old song on a highway truck. Little lamps adorning the hills, courtyards in the distance.
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Dec 3, 2013
Dec 3, 2013 at 4:32 PM UTC
Ode to the night
Night, the oldest of mysteries settles, spreading like hunger. A pall of mist shrouding over the world. Siren sounds and firefighters, drunken brawls, and receding beats. Eyes of wonder asleep, emerging out of the network of shadows growing creeper-like. Stray nuggets of light also reach the eyes shut in meditation. Furtive shadows of passion, elsewhere. Muffled joys; Shades of bottle-grey. Cricket-song. Ululations faint.  Raspy owl-calls, intermittent. In the deep, secret rites of initiation. Somewhere in the far highlands the stars and the broken moon peep in. Old song on a highway truck. Little lamps adorning the hills, courtyards in the distance.
Wandering thoughts on disparate events in the span of a night... Still developing this piece, more abstractions needed...
prabhu-iyer
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Dec 3, 2013
Dec 3, 2013 at 4:32 PM UTC
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