How can I expect other

Than to die a silly fool

For have I not

When I=ve looked back

Become aware

Of just how unaware I was

How had I known

What then I knew

All would have been different

But that is not to say

That I have or had

Even the least regret

Though while I once expected

On looking back as a man of old

To be a wise old chap

I now realize that instead

I am likely to be then

Just more keenly aware

Of just how much I do not know