Port Melbourne, 5am -- Tim Metcalf

[Australian]

The sky
through these two windows
an eggshell blue.

Outside
the birds chip away
at the night,

and I,
as cuckoo-man,
prepare to leave

this nest.
Day cracks open,
harsh light soars in. 

Source: Porter, D & Millett, J (eds) 1989, ‘On Struggle Street – An Anthology of New Poets’, Poetry Australia 122, South Head Press, Port Melbourne.