Last Day, First Day

today
is the
first
day
of the rest
of your life

i saw that on
a bathroom
in new york

i was twenty one
it was still in the sixties
maybe i was twenty two
anyway
i thought it was neat

today
i think
today
what if it were the last day
of the life

or life
on earth

this breathing thing

how would i want to spend it

pretty much the same
just slower

with more emphasis
on the
sweet pleasure
of now