The first thing you notice is
The confluence of traffic,
The onrush of day-lit chrome.
You hear horns blaring –
They burst, leap like salmon
At the dam of stops and starts.And then you hear the curse –
The curse of the angler
Waist high in this torrent,
Trying to catch a big-mouth cab.
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