Before Dawn

Brief: to describe a city street from the perspective of someone who has just committed a murder. You're not meant to discuss the murder or what is going on in the character's head regarding the murder - the focus must be on the description. Can be first or third person. 200 words.

I don't know how long I've been standing in the alleyway. A fluorescent light buzzes on the wall. Hundreds of moths flitter around it, their wings rustling and vibrating. Their world is complete, but above me the universe rotates cold and navy-blue and forever. I tilt my weight forward and walk through oily puddles towards the street. I shrink back when an empty Aircoach drives by. In the distance, a shopkeeper rolls up his galvanised steel shutters. They sound like gunshots as they hit the tops of their frames. I turn and walk the other way, past a bus shelter, past a closed news kiosk, past some bicycle racks. In a few hours, the street will be gridlocked with cars, but now I cross it without looking. Two pigeons peck methodically at a splash of vomit that lies like a discarded pizza on the pavement. My stomach convulses. I drop to my hands and knees and retch until my vision turns black.