Some lives we might have led
We lived in Finland for a few years once,
I worked in telecoms.
You were a serial entrepreneur
with three successful start-ups to your name.
In my late 40s, I became serious about squash
and rose to number six in the under-50 rankings.
We fostered nine children and did our best
to give them a good start in life
(we decided not to have kids of our own).
We ran a B&B, in Wales.
In 1983 I unfortunately embezzled a large sum
and served three years mostly in an open prison.
We holidayed regularly in Azerbaijan
finding the people friendly and
the food and climate to our taste.
(One year, instead, we tried Kyrgyzstan
but weren’t tempted to repeat the experiment.)
You bred Shi Tzus, and took third place at Crufts.
We thought we might be happier in
an open relationship, but quickly found we weren’t.
Neither of us, sadly, survived a freak accident
involving a jar of peanut butter which took
place in the early 2000s.
