Extreme Optimism

Aside from the glorious colours of autumn

It is my least favourite season of all four

It foretells of another Canadian winter just around the corner

This will be number 80 for me... that's 80 too many!

All my life, I've longed to live where

A sweater was the most I ever needed to feel comfortable

Instead of fur lined jockey shorts and mukluks

Fashioned from seal skin

My life long dream has not materialized yet

Still have 20 or more years to go

What do you think my chances are

To live in a warm climate before I reach the magic number 100?

On a scale of “slim” to “a sure bet”

Would you figure it would be somewhere in between

Or as I predict... “a sure bet”

Now that's what most would call extreme optimism

Really, it's only 20 years from now

I call it a done deal!