The Thoughtless Doves

A pair of doves sit on my windowsill,

     And they bill and coo the livelong day;

Their actions get onto my nerves until

     I fear I shall have to drive them away.

For what right have a pair of doves to bill

     And coo the livelong day

Right under my eyes on the windowsill,

     When my own true love is so far away?

June 28, ‘09