Stubborn

I am building a golden birdhouse

With white trimmings and a lawn

Built short, filled with straw, and

the loveliest copper tin roof

At the store I buy

Red Paint for decoration

Long wood for a base

some wool for a soft inside

hammer in hand, nails sharp and long,

I have made over a hundred houses

on cool grass or stacked up high

All the same, All the same

This new house looks promising

though It’s red like all the others

And the trimmings will come out perfect

though I have no white paint for them

Still I’ve made this many right?

Only a matter of time I think

Before I build a golden birdhouse

Ah It’s gotten so late now

Too long

Too red

Too wrong

And the worst of it?

No straw at all.

I’ll make a new one tomorrow

Sure it’ll be golden tomorrow

Gotta run by the store tomorrow

I need red paint for tomorrow