Retreating after a Routine Bust

how absurd…an owl, wearing a night cap…the fowl an audience howl owl downs his liquor his entertainment slicker audience snicker in midst, a jeerer a foul audience nearer here comes the sheerer this owl on huge bough seriously satisfied resting one big eye trees have been silenced feathers like Autumn leaves float owl is on retreat owl dreams as bough shakes he’s trying out sick routine laughing to himself