The Dark Before Dawn

Is it the darkest, before the dawn? Or could that old adage be all wrong? Decided to find out for myself It’s four AM, I’ll know before long The almanac says sunrise at six Camera on tripod, keeps a fix It’s aimed right where the sun comes up Ten minutes between camera clicks At five forty five, into high gear First light of day will soon be here Now take a picture every minute Keep it up till the sunup is clear Now to evaluate what we‘ve got Develop film in a single lot We’ll be looking for the darkest black To be just before the sun’s first dot Then we discover to our dismay This experiment has gone astray No film loaded into the camera To hell with it, accept the cache