15 Haiku

crowded streets moving among the years wretched faces a sleeping snake curled between the eggs— layers of leaves a yellow spider crouching in a corner invisible webs lying listless on withered creeper a golden bird a lone sparrow atop the naked branch viewing sunset a frog bullied into the hedge: snake’s breakfast on the road an injured toad— onlookers parents pelt stones at the mating street dogs— nosey children potholes: spots of sunshine wobble sudden downpour noisy trucks at midnight crowded footbridge sipping coffee at a wayside stall cockroaches too watching dogs frolicking in the park— jaded couples dusky backyard crowded parrots’ shrieks autumn onset chasing each other in the by lane two birds a teenager glides past me on roller blades her long hair flows