Who Cares? Poem by Laurence Overmire

What do I care if the world will end
In a century or two
The sniveler sneezed as he winced down
His steaming cappuccino

I'll be dead long before that
Why should anyone care?
We all have to die
Why not sooner rather than
Later
What's the diff?

Yes, indeed
What is the 'diff'
Between the person who
Cares
And the person who
Doesn't

I can give you the answer
In one word

Love

And if that word doesn't matter
To you
Then nothing matters

Nothing at all.

~ Laurence Overmire