it was a narration of a humble detonation a crack in contented gratification obscure and concealed in the shade an observant witness it represented a courteous compassion an unpretentious kindness hidden, camouflaged, cloaked in a shroud of dappled shade satiated complacency the birth and death had wings and scales wild, raw and logical instinct turned to slumber a stupor of beginnings and endings diurnal, nocturnal on a crowded street pure natural installations of respect and dignity honour the alter the ignorance of youth stands with the wise sage of balance captivated by the significant symbol of seniority innocence and age poised in the seduction of voyeurism safe and protected to witness and contemplate the invulnerable a lazy satisfied and secluded pleasure appeased rest and doze as the serpent and the bat embody the epitome of survival and death strip, shed and peel the obscurity of night and day and embody the creation of bleached pigmented hues