OWN
A road razzled with restaurant signs and menu boards,
lights twinkling in the eaves, winking a come-on at the tourists;
glimpses—between the tall hedges—of hotel staff, busy
in black and white, a slash of colour, slice of a smile;
the strip, a tourism hotspot, cools down in the evening,
then flares up, a febrile condition, in the night.