let the world burn. what do 

I care. it was all going to 

burn eventually. 

let my man leave. I was 

never his keeper. he is

free to do as he pleases. 

let the junkies break their 

doors down and the doctors 

keep pushing. 

let the coyotes prowl on 

midnight streets while the 

alley cats hide like they too 

aren’t beasts. 

let the taoists keep going 

with it and the buddhists 

keep surviving their suffering. 

let the sun blaze a thousand 

times over. let the grass green 

and brown until it crunches. 

give me a good cigar and a 

front porch with playing cards

and the next month’s rent paid. 

give me a good cigar. the rest

can do as it likes.