<\/p>\n
It doesn’t matter if<\/p>\n
the air con is kaput<\/p>\n
the car got scratched<\/p>\n
or the wine ain’t chilled.<\/p>\n
It doesn’t matter.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Don’t matter if<\/p>\n
the dog went on the carpet<\/p>\n
or the DOW’s up or down.<\/p>\n
Don’t matter if<\/p>\n
there’s an earthquake<\/p>\n
or you won the Super 7.<\/p>\n
It doesn’t matter.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
No worries about<\/p>\n
missing that 9am meeting<\/p>\n
drinking too much<\/p>\n
drinking too little<\/p>\n
no mayo in the fridge<\/p>\n
a bad back<\/p>\n
a better world.<\/p>\n
It doesn’t matter.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
It doesn’t matter if<\/p>\n
the bus is late or<\/p>\n
Sunnis are killing Shias<\/p>\n
Shias are killing Sunnis<\/p>\n
Israelis exterminating Gazans<\/p>\n
or<\/p>\n
Justin Bieber is doing time.<\/p>\n
Don’t matter if<\/p>\n
you are this or aren’t that<\/p>\n
don’t matter<\/p>\n
if the dog got your cat<\/p>\n
or the cat got your tongue.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
It doesn’t matter<\/p>\n
if your mother-in-law<\/p>\n
hates your guts<\/p>\n
or the plane’s delayed.<\/p>\n
Don’t matter if<\/p>\n
your bank balance is $.1.15<\/p>\n
or the remote is broke.<\/p>\n
Doesn’t matter if<\/p>\n
you don’t finish this poem<\/p>\n
or even do.<\/p>\n
It doesn’t matter.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Why?<\/p>\n
It doesn’t matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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