Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Back to Barn once Be

I had lived in that barn a while,

When O'Leary's cow one bad night

Kicked a lantern onto a pile

Of hay, suddenly fire did light.

I got out as fast as I could,

And headed north in journey till

Landed in a Wisconsin wood,

And survived on my hunting skill.

After a lot of time had passed,

I don't know why, but had desire

To fly back to where I was last,

Before the Great Chicago Fire.

Ruins of barn that used to be,

An owl atop cracked masonry.