yikes, tomfoolery, and procrastination

there is a yikes in my room and tomfoolery underfoot; i labor under the feathered weight of procrastination. Borzage and Hemingway walk into a bar and say:

[
H: 72 hours from now it will be finished.
B: 48 hours from now it will be too late.
H: 24 hours from now it will be forgotten.
B: 12 hours from now it will be a dream.
]

the preceding dialog is translated from the French.