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.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem