The Owl

Someone asked me

To tell all my friends

About a party

But I only have one friend and he’s an owl

So…

Almost 

She spoke so softly 

That no one could hear

She did not care

There was a package 

waiting on her porch

It was still alive

But no panic here

It was almost normal 

Never

All those todays

All those tomorrows

At least it’s not yesterday

There are many orchards

So many apples 

Mostly sticks 

And yellow leaves

It’s never too late to do nothing

Be careful in at least two places

Remember the frozen dog he

Scratched a hole in the doghouse floor

Remember the hornets’ nest on the

Doorknob

The kitchen doesn’t clean itself

House fell down

And took you with it

House fell down 

The kitchen doesn’t clean itself

Roof blew off 

And you went flying

Roof blew off 

The kitchen doesn’t clean itself

We can’t go there anymore 

We can’t go there anymore

Peeled 

Like change 

Dropping 

In a vending machine

At a gas station

Pointed the wrong way

Wrong way

Easy to be wrong

When you get peeled 

Like an onion