Solipsism

You don’t have to eat five portions of fruit
Every day.
You don’t have to inventory your dresses,
Or shave that ugly growth.
You don’t have to read novels as fairy tales,
Or familiarise yourself with the FTSE index.
You don’t have to vote.
You don’t have to wear a seat belt
Or heed warnings on television.
You don’t have to wait in line at Morrisons,
You don’t have to print a statement,
You do not need insurance.
You don’t have to get a degree,
Or know what you want to do with one.
You don’t have to tell us you're agnostic,
Or bang on about Kennedy or Lennon.
You don’t have to do the washing up
Or buy your share of loo roll.
You don’t have to accept
You are luckier than five billion impoverished people.
You don’t have to begin every sentence,
The thing is…
You don’t have to end every sentence,
Do you know what I mean?

Have, don’t you, lungs?
You don’t have to breathe
If the oxygen's not what
You were hoping for.