Vendor at Evening Light
by Pearl Moran
A street vendor balances a heavy aluminum canister on his hip while leaning against a weathered concrete pillar in Chandni Chowk. The late summer sun casts long, harsh shadows across the dusty pavement, highlighting the fingerprints smudged on the polished metal of the canister’s lid. Nearby, a child holds a plastic watering bottle, the condensation dripping onto the dry earth. The vendor’s tool caddy sits open on a low wooden stool, revealing a charcoal stick and a harmonica resting beside a coil of wire. A faceted glass bottle on a nearby shop ledge throws a prismatic spot of light onto a faded magazine rack, catching the eye amidst the chaos.
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