hotel room 12th floor

• a helicopter skirting like a damaged insect


  simile- introduces images of modern technology but immediately criticises them
• the empire state building, that jumbo sized dentist's drill


  connotations of pain and suffering
• But now midnight has come in from foreign places 


  represents change, unknown, fear. "But" is key turning point - recongnises the contrast between light and dark
• uncivilised darkness shot at by a million lit windows, all ups and acrosses


  "shot" - violence, crime. "lit windows" - contrast to darkness shows good vs evil. "acrosses" - reference to religion further explores good vs evil
• But midnight is not so easily defeated 


  it's inevitable - despite all efforts crime cannot be unavoidable
• I lie in bed, between a radio and television set


  cannot escape modern technology. feeling of being trapped
• wildest of warwhoops continually ululating 


  "wildest of warwhoops" - alliteration highlights brutality and war cries. "ululating" - onomatopoeia howl/wail intensifies feeling that somethiing bad is coming
• broken bones, the harsh screaming from Coldwater flats


  synecdoche- reduces to peoples body parts suggests the place of humans in society has been lost
• blood glazed on sidewalks 


  (more of synecdoche)
• no stockades can keep the midnight out


  inevitable - metaphorical danger and distress it can bring