From sunlight to eerie!
Shops closed, though some
were trading…In candle light.
Ambling through corridor like
tunnels of an innerscape Mall maze
Clutching handbag to body!

People wary to and fro!
Daylight stealing peeks inside,
while would be shoppers
dined on tepid food, under
dome shaped skylight in
the eatery. And waited.

Torch light flashings in
darkness behind transparent
steel roller shutters blocking
thieves. Candles burn in
hands of proprietors mingling
speaks of blackout hour.

Securities strolling with pupil dilate.
Eyes scanning. Hands on holsters.
The Post Office selling only stamps
Told me, “One hour on, one hour off.”
Poof…
I imagined the end of the earth!

TeAnne © 23 July.1999

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