I must retire myself to bed...

       
     Oh, funny night owl: I relate
     to you, I also stay up late!
     My eyes, like yours, are mellow green
     and staring too, but at a screen.

     I stare at E-mails and TV
     until I know that finally
     I must retire myself to bed
     and rest my weary night owl head.

     I feel so rotten when I wake
     I have to do a double take.
     I see the clock. It's eight a.m.
     I sit up grumbling, "Damn, oh, Damn."

     Then brimming with new morning cheer,
     I drag myself before a mirror.
     And what I see upon my face
     are little lines I can't erase.

     Oh, funny night owl. We're not wise
     with circles underneath our eyes!
     And now I get to look like hell
     because I love the night so well.         
                                                                                                                ~  Andrea Dietrich