The Middle

[abu nuwas]

First, 'shimmering' and 'glistening'. If this is indeed a snap, as it were, from Greenwich Observatory, then one does see much of the City and elsewhere shimmering, like a mirage. That is almost the opposite of 'glistening;, which, however, one also sees, in the steel and glass towers and cathedrals to money and capitalism. Shimmering here, glistening there, with all that shiny stuff.

After 'bled out' could you not just have on the next line,'nothing much to see'?

I always like a semi-conversational style -- thanks for that!