Who Cares

Who Cares

He threw himself

on me, wanting to drown

who I am, he was sick.

I fought, broke his lip.

Kicked his pride.

I dredged up large pieces 

of hard wood,

tied them together,

hammered & hammered.

Dug a hole as deep

as I could. Buried the logs

upside down, thrashed him violently

demanding he recite: I'm human,

with nothin' of nothin'

but sorrow.

And the swagger

who refutes my claim

better take it easy, or ...

Who cares.

There are no deserts

or Mayan sinkholes

here, only human

twilight.