<span class="texttitle">[title]<br />Nocturne</span> <br /> <span class="subtitle">city of shadows</span> [scene 1 palpable]<br /> Resinous <span class="enlarge">amber light</span><br /> pooling like thick honey<br /> radiates warmth like a fireplace. [scene 2 flickering]<br /> through a zoetrope of slender bars <br /> the interior <span class="enlarge">animates</span> <br /> frames of a film unfurling on the street. [scene 3 evanescent]<br /> A harsh unshaded light,<span class="enlarge2"> acid green,</span><br /> burns like a phosphorus flame. [scene 4 expressive]<br /> In <span class="enlarge">nocturnal wandering</span>, <br /> the familiar is theatricalized [scene 5 indefinite]<br /> one thing morphs into another<br /> until a headlight picks out a detail and<br /> <span class="enlarge">ornaments</span>a barren surface. [scene 6 perception]<br /> in complete and utter darkness,<br /> depth of field is diminished [scene 7 revealed]<br /> the truth of pedestrian structures <br /> is revealed by garish light<br /> to roaming <span class="enlarge">insomniacs</span> [scene 8 parallelism]<br /> the flare-colored treads of an exposed stairway<br /> extend upward like a reverse <span class="enlarge">accordion</span> [scene 9 anatomy]<br /> steel skeleton of an abandoned building<br /> illuminated from within,is so neatly framed<br /> in <span class="enlarge">orthagonal</span> perspective [scene 10 dense]<br /> the darkness deepens, becoming almost solid<br /><br /> [scene 11 luminescent]<br /> in the black light<br /> twisted pipes and rusted metal <br /> glow like <span class="enlarge">neon</span> tubing. [scene 12 artifice]<br /> the <span class="enlarge">unearthly</span><br /> color is hallucinogenic<br /> and as sharp as a scream in the night [scene 13 impasse]<br /> long shadows cast by the tall buildings<br /> seem solid and impenetrable<br /> [scene 14 illuminate]<br /> across the endless empty parking lot<br /> under cold sodium lights, everything is <br /> <span class="enlarge">electric green</span>.<br /> [scene 15 pivot]<br /> how quickly the enveloping warmth of the night<br /> can shift into cold <span class="enlarge">alienation</span> [scene 16 contrast]<br /> all over the darkened city, solidary pedestrians <br /> are irresistibly drawn toward pools of light [scene 17 substance]<br /> everywhere, light transforms<br /> the <span class="enlarge">materiality</span> of night <br /> [scene 18 superimpose]<br /> the grid of a ventilation grille and a tangle of wire mesh<br /> <span class="enlarge">projects</span> the most delicate lines on the wall [scene 19 delineate]<br /> the <span class="enlarge">isometric</span> rectangle of an illuminated window<br /> floats like a movie screen above our heads [scene 20 fragment]<br /> the looming shapes dissolve and regroup<br /> <span class="enlarge">constellations</span> <br /> of the night passing across my wall [scene 21 panning]<br /> dancing verticals, light glowing between the bars<br /> in a <span class="enlarge">shadow play</span> of pictorial illusion