Pencil Poems, Fading Poems
Completed 1987
YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE IT UP
Today.
Tomorrow is just a set
Of neurological impulses
That we design to meet
Our need to justify
Our misbehavior,
Lack of will, disregard for
All things right, healthy,
Giving, forgiving, happy and
Worthwhile today.
Tomorrow is just a figment
Of our imagination.
There is only today to
Judge how well we
Are doing.