Three Words, Twice

Take a penny

Take a tuppence

And leave it outside

I haven't any

Thoughts to carry

On a motionless night

I'll never say the same

Three words twice

I'll never pull the feathers

From a bird that I love

Call it what it is

Don't hide it

I'm old enough to take

The words every which way

Staring at the ground

I'm trying

To picture other faces

They're spinning down the drain

I'm still here wasting seconds

On a futureless love

I'll never cut the tether

To a world that I've loved