"So much wasted time."

David Cassidy's last words.

I was reminded of that by this tweet by Terry Teachout:

A dying man contemplates his untouched bookshelf: https://t.co/P3mSadnziX pic.twitter.com/YNy2mB7Ssq

— Terry Teachout (@terryteachout) November 25, 2017

ADDED: On publishing this post, I saw I'd written "his tweet" for "this tweet" and said out loud: "So many typos, so little editing" and realized that it seems that David Cassidy died without finishing a sentence. The usual pattern is "So much X, so little Y." If, fast approaching death, the man said "So much X," and he'd wanted to go on to say "so little" something, what was the something?

So much wasted time, so little ____________.

So much wasted time, so little well-spent time.

So much wasted time, so little time left.

So much wasted time, so little time now to say what I might have done if I'd known not to waste it.

So much wasted time, so little time now if only to waste.

So much wasted time, so little value placed on time until now....



So much wasted time, so little love.