Streaks of cloud
stream across rhe sky
above undulating hills
veiled in purple light
with grey-green leaves
waving gently in the breeze.

Glimpses of walls
and TV antenae
on rooftop wedges
bounded by trees
shrubs
and faded fences.

The traffic stops
hesitates and accelerates
through the lights
vanishing with the day
giving way to the solemnity
and serenity of the night.