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I Don'T Care

I Don't Care...


I don't care,
if you're battered black and blue,

I don't care,
just as long as I can drink and screw.



I don't care,
if you've lost your damn job,

I don't care,
you're just a kernel off the cob.



I don't care,
when I see you begging in the street,

I don't care,
I get to suckle on capitalism's raw teat.



I don't care,
about the elderly, the poor, or the weak,

I don't care,
if the earth will be inherited by the meek.



I don't care,
if the climate is warming, I'm so much cooler,

I don't care,
in my penthouse I'm the boss, the only ruler.



I don't care,
for those rolling for scraps in the muck,

I don't care,

I really don't care, cos' I don't give a f**k



inspired by Bob Geldof's "The Great Song of Indifference"

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Charmaine Chircop

Date: 4/1/2013 3:26:00 AM

When one touches poverty with his hand and inherits pain..He gets sensitive enough to care ..Just beautiful conscience lingering in words.

Scribbler Of Verses
Date: 4/1/2013 11:31:00 AM

Thank you, Charma! :-)

Olajide Shadipe

Date: 3/27/2013 4:19:00 PM

NOW DATS WHAT I'M TALKIN ABOUT, ATTITUDE MEETS POETRY. I CAN BUY THAT!

Scribbler Of Verses
Date: 3/27/2013 4:35:00 PM

Thank you for your comments :-). Have a great week ahead and stay well!

Funom Makama

Date: 3/23/2013 9:02:00 AM

beautiful poem, well written. In such a windy and snowy day, reading this piece just completes my relaxation. What a poem!

Scribbler Of Verses
Date: 3/23/2013 9:13:00 AM

Thank you, dear Funom, I am honoured! I wish you the very best, and my warmest regards from a cool and drizzley Johannesburg here at the southern tip of the African continent! Thanks again!