You Do Care

Some day you’ll pretend you never
Did this thing you’re doing right now,
Pretend or forget, whichever.

Other people are watching you.
Other people pretending, too.
And you’re keeping an eye on them.

You’re all gaming out how it looks.
You’re readying your defense.
Denial is the last defense,

Dementia the last denial.
If there really were no people,
You’d have no idea what to do.