The koel calls at 4 am from just across the lawn;
Right now I’d like to kill the thing but that’s a little steep.
A chance of sleep is out of the question ‘til way past dawn,
Because of that cuckoo thing’s monotonous bloody beep.
The birds of Australia give us many a fine call,
Such as the local magpie, full of tuneful melody.
However there’s one stupid bird that drives me up the wall;
Of unoiled machinery this bird makes a parody.
These stanzas are disjointed without rhythm or reason.
Koels come from Asia somewhere I’m unreliably told;
Spring (don’t believe it!) is understood to be their season.
Gone, sleep restored, my lines will be a beauty to behold……….promise.
But the koel has an avid fan base:
https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2568283
PS: delete ‘avid’; substitute ‘livid’ (Amusing if you enjoy other\'s misery.)