If I die before I wake
never mind the world ends today
and you left so many
things undone
never mind the starving children
throughout the world
who could easily be fed
with a little capital
and alien ingenuity
never mind the excessive waste
you selfishly accumulated
and contributed
toward urban ski slopes
and 18 hole golf courses
as the world ends today
never mind racial bias
gender bias
religious bias
nationality bias
and any kind of intriguing international bias
never mind discrimination
and mistrust
especially of crooked governments
and wars unjust
never mind outspokenly peaceful men
becoming silenced as we speak
by programs perpetuated
by deceit and hatred
by programs advocating
five o’clock killings
for everyone to see
never mind all the work undone
before the world ends today
never mind how it must bother you
knowing the story
never changes
september two thousand thirteen
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