Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TODAY, by JACQUIN DAVIS



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TODAY, by                    
First Line: If I had only this one day to live
Last Line: With dead, unchanging, useless issues lies.


If I had only this one day to live,
Would I thus idly precious moments bide?
Would not the time be all too short to meet
The pressing duties I now put aside?

Tomorrow, like the poppies' evil drug,
Leads me to dream of deeds sublimely done.
Today, each second usefully employed
Might, in reality, my dreams be won.

In truth, I know I have but this today.
Tomorrow's sun may in my sight ne'er rise,
And yesterday, its joys and woes forgot,
With dead, unchanging, useless issues lies.





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