At the gentlemen’s club by the grocery stall
Idle talk and banter for the end of day socializing
LifeĀ goes idle at dusk, just before the night-shift
Darkness will settle over the city like a blanket on a parrot’s cage
Nighthawks and fireflies will come out from the shadow circle
To assemble and flutter around the bonfires and the neon lights
Photo Hugh Ardoin Niamey Dusk and Dust Gallery