today i made a toast to marlowe potter fletcher and me and i really scraped the barrel for words which held sincerity real writers eat their young exploit anybody aim to win i m not as hungry as i could be but i m famed for my thick skin waste not want not no time like the present one we got waste not want not no time like today ted fletcher s leds were weak he spent his autumn years indoors and poor old phil and dennis had it too bad to ignore will i learn from their afflictions have i learned from my mistakes i m praying this is not another hollow seize the day waste not want not no time like the present one we got waste not want not no time like today this one s for my uncle ted he had a big heart and a baldy head i m tangled up in my own safety net so i ll take what comfort i can get 