cloud laden Kolkata

[arunansu]

Black & white day
under an archaic umbrella.
Grayish demon flexes its muscles
over skyscrapers . A rickshaw-puller’s
raincoat is glued to the skin. An abandoned
leaf journeys on flood waters. The Magpie Robin,
merrily drenched, calls somebody.
Drops narrate anecdotes
on a bus window.

[Helen Bywater]

Black & white day
under an archaic umbrella.
Grayish demon flexes its muscles
over skyscrapers . A rickshaw-puller’s
raincoat is glued to the skin. An abandoned
leaf journeys on flood waters. The Magpie Robin,
merrily drenched, calls somebody.
Drops narrate anecdotes
on a bus window.

Some great images here, Aru. I like the demon flexing its muscles. Why grayish, and not just gray? Gray might be stronger.

I love "narrate anecdotes" - the way it conveys the sound of rain rat-tat-tatting on the window.

Helen

[arunansu]

Thanks Helen for your time and inputs. I thought "grayish demon" might sound a bit better than "gray demon". Also, clouds are generally a heterogeneous mix of various shades of gray. Smiles.