Do All That You Wish

You may do all that you wish but to care,

Issue earth's license to rip, rend and tear.

Instead, you must school yourself to be stone,

Indifferent in great gravel pits or alone.

Learn long enough to be home with the scree,

It'll cease to be learned then. It's just who you'll be.

So if you punch me in some spots, the odds are I'll jiggle,

But say you'll desert me? I won't even wiggle.

So get on with your needs and demands and your threats.

Please leave me alone. That's as home as I get.