watching the world recede
into deeper and darker blue
hearing the silence freed
from rancorous hullabaloo
extend to the furthest edges
of redundant Waterloo
elms and gardens, straggly hedges
become inky beneath the night
and high-rise ashen wedges
reflect the busy sleepless light
as Sydney becomes a destination
in the daytime white and bright
after dark an eerie combination
of roach and rodent susurration.
