A Moment in the City.

The city is restless, cars swarming like ants in upheaval,
streetlights, stoplights, and neon signs burning the midnight hour,
pedestrians scurrying to and fro in various states of disarray.
Bass beats pump out of empty doorways and broken windows,
pulsating like a living creature, absorbing the surrounding cacophony.
A beast shoves forward, hawking wares with undulating limbs,
lifting away raiment and gesturing lewdly before fading again.
The tolling of the city clock resounds in momentary harmony,
and all are still for a brief moment, listening with rapt attention,
the timekeeper's song holding the ears and hearts of the masses captive.
Then the song ends and life resumes, lost within the eternal race once more.