imagine a backyard full of junk
a forrest a tornado has passed through
a front yard overgrown with weeds
a teenager's room with strewn books and cloths
now take a mighty long string
drop it all over the debris here and there
anyway you like it, you string it up
you string it down and over
each point of that string
has a tension this way and that
each point is tied
to the previous point and the next
now imagine time is like that string
each moment depends on two points
the previous and the next
the present hangs on the future and the past
we think that we have freewill
but we act upon the past events
we anticipate the future outcomes
we tie the past and the future with the present
the freewill is overrated
the past is done and over with
the future is determined
by t, t plus one and t minus one
You can move that t
anywhere along the timeline
from here to eternity
or to the beginning of time
the future is like the front yard
overgrown with weed
or, the backyard
full of junk
