you keep on talking <br />words flood in my ears <br />as i eat breakfast of egg <br />and white rice and <br />coffee, <br /> <br />i keep watching TV <br />Mt. Mayon spewing lava <br />another massacre of <br />innocent lives in Maguindanao <br />an attempt to bomb <br />another plane by <br />a Nigerian terrorist <br /> <br />i am engrossed. <br />keep on talking. <br />i will pretend <br />that i am your listener. <br /> <br />God only knows <br />you exist.<br /><br />RIC S. BASTASA<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/indifference-during-breakfast/