It's All About What Could've Been Poem by Alexandre Nodopaka

but never was except in
my nebulous imagination.
I could've ended with any

of a half dozen women for a wife.
I could've broken
my neck a few times in as many years.

I could've spent all that extra time
on work-related fluff instead of all
that time I spent on my hobbies.

Sure I could've made a lot more money
that way but then I could've lost
that much more

during the real estate debacle.
I could've. I could've. Yes, I could've
but thank goodness I didn't play

against the big boys who had it all
rigged.
In retrospect I wouldn't trade

any of those could've
because I wouldn't have known
how worse it could've been.