rope & hammer

when the sad go out to play, sing
          the sad song, kill
          time with either a

rope or a hammer (don’t matter) -
          when the sad take
          the lonesome road,

walk the tortuous line, kill time
         with either a rope or
         hammer (don’t matter) -

but it does, it does: when the
         rope runs out, the
         hammer loses its head -