For A Penny, For a Pound

They feed these birds to say some words but nobody’s fooled by their lies.

For A Penny, For a Pound

I’ve seen couples trade their love
for a pain they hold ‘til they die.
I’ve see the down and out lying about
awhile good fortune passes them by.

I’ve watched them cut down a woods,
to build a big box store.
Excuse the laughter, twenty years after,
about trees coming up through the floor.

I’ve been traveling a long time,
for a…