The clear night unveiled a half moon hovering above the sky
as it trailed through the celestial equator, drowning the valley with blue ambiance.
In downtown San Jose, on the strip of San Fernando Boulevard, neon
and LED lighting showered the street in multicolored strobes and flashes.
They
emitted blues and pinks, reds and oranges that bounced off of cars and
pedestrians.
A strong blue hue originating from the Martin Luther King Library
on the corner of South 4th Street and San Fernando flooded
university students exiting the glass and steel monolith as they checked their
mobiles or chatted with friends.
With the scent of evening dew heavy in the air, hazy clouds
hung to their nearest light sources, producing a constellation of dots and
dashes as far as the eye could see.
There were the students, talking on their mobiles as they
walked towards the light rail tracks on their homeward saunter.
The transients
and homeless carried on, ignoring the vibrant night with jaded eyes as they
pushed carts or begged for change on the floors of sidewalks.
A Santa Cruz bound passenger bus zoomed past on the street,
stopping in front of the large library as a police squad car stopped to let it
park, its front side passenger eyeing the street for any vandals or suspicious
activity.
The vehicles driving past on San Fernando blared music,
honked at each other while their passengers laughed and joked with their
windows down as they sucked in as much of the cool night air as they could.
