Anna Couani #68 after Efi H #34 First Light

before dawn

it’s quite light here

actually never that dark

so close to the city

but there is the drama of tree shadows

playing against the wall of the new flats

cast by the intense street light

that someone decided to install

and we still have some city views

at that hour the quavering lights

of the Central Park complex

are out

but other buildings are golden

I tried to shoot photos of that scene

of the crazy shadow

the golden buildings

and the square of light

in the neighbour’s kitchen skylight

then the loudspeaker starts

from the Council depot

and the loud beeping siren sound

ringing out like the Muslim call to prayer

over rooftops

and echoing into the dark space

of the pre-dawn twilight

and if we hadn’t been awake before

we would be after that