Had I Only Known

Had I only known what was good for me

I would not be where I am today.

I would be somewhere, anywhere else

but here, perhaps on a yacht

sailing off the Isle of Capri in

the Mediterranean Sea on board

with a bevy of bakini-clad beauties,

with millions stashed safely away

in a Swiss bank account, Bloody

Mary for breakfast, Italian Wine

for lunch, Vodka Martini before dinner,

Cuban cigar and Nepoleon Brandy after.

Ah, but such a dreamer, imagining what

could have been had I only known previously

what was good for me. I didn’t

I wouldn’t, I couldn’t, somebody,

somewhere else, you see.

Instead, here and now, the oblivious and

broke son-of-a-bitch I turned out to be.

                     -30-

Chris Hanch 3-9-2020