Stressed Out

I had the following experience on a late night in Bombay:

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I woke up disturbed & switched on the light.
With a smile on its face,
          the clock came into sight.
It was 10 to 2, in the middle of the night;
And street dogs were howling,
          at the top of their might

piercing it serene calm & tranquil quiet.
Yet, by the rigors of the day, weighed down;
amidst the canine cacophony,
          people blissfully slept all around.