States of Poetry - Poems
States of Poetry 2016 - New South Wales | 'Late Poem' by David Malouf
by David Malouf •
A soft October morning,
adagio sostenuto. Some part
of me is still delayed
in sleep. It is one with
night, with daylight
stars, moths that fumble
at a window pane, bewildered
that this tract of sky,
like no other, will not yield.
The coffee cup, double espresso,
is deeper than it looks.
Each sip I take
a dark reaffirmation.
A practice
run for the big sleep.
David Malouf