What if I could overcome
debilitating bugaboos
and bust forty’s balls?
Vanquish the to do list,
purge my doughy paunch
(literal and figurative),
de-quarantine the drafts,
indulge my latent doodler,
transform the next decade
into a parade of firsts
and at lasts… What if?

(… from Midlife Crisis Averted Postponed. 40×41: Midlife Crisis Postponed)