HECTOR MARTINEZ

Do not cry your falsified tears

on my account.

Do not claim

this means more than an instant's

inconvenience to you

for I know otherwise.

I know how deeply

you disdain me

how little you long for my company

how you wish I were well out of your range

already.

And soon, it shall be so.

Soon, you will be free of me and mine

and you will not need to be kind

anymore.

So don't pretend it otherwise.

Do not suggest you care - do not dare -

for I swear

if I see another crocodile tear

cross your eye

I shall strike it down.