He likes to think he has
forever
to do this, that or
whatever,
but after looking in the
wrap around mirrors,
he knows the time left to
be in arrears.
So he better make the most
before his life is toast
or rump roast
or to be remembered a
long, long time ago as
the young man with
the most.
So he determined
to make the most
of what is left
even though it is
bereft
of what was the
best.
And then he slapped
himself upside the head
and realized that the
rest
could still be the
best –
better than all that came
before
as a prelude to just that
little bit more,
and so he finally began to
figure out the
score that more is more
right now and not a minute
before because the minute
before
is gone
and the future is
now
on .