Poem: Different Priorities

Forever 
is a dreamer's word 
the philosopher 
never worries 
about the rumble
of his stomach 
out of biting hunger

or the dryness
of a parched throat
due to horrible thirst
or the rainstorm
soaking his paper
or the frantic efforts
of desperate survival

but the common man 
has no time 
to muse about 
the wonders the universe
or the workings 
of a so-called just society
he worries about the NOW