Nightwalker

He walked the streets, his hands tucked into his jacket, head down. At his feet, the shadows boiled. I saw something dark with eyes like coals dart away and hide beneath a parked car. I saw something else with no eyes but wings that fluttered and rustled flee and lodge in a hedge. I saw a creature with no form at all but only a piping, eerie voice spiral out to swirl through the sky.

Behind him, the lights came on, one by one, turning the darkness to mingled light and blots of shadow. He walked on, seeding the night.