Four A. M.

When Paul
told me
Four A.M.
came early
I pictured it
arriving
at the house
at Three Fifty-Two
and ringing
the doorbell
before either of us
had a cup
of tea
or heard
the first
tweedle-eete
from a thrasher.

copyright © 2021 Kenneth P. Gurney

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