I could climb the very highest Himalayas,
Be among the greatest ever tennis players,
Win at chess or marry a princess or
Study hard and be an eminent professor.
I could be a millionaire, play the clarinet,
Travel everywhere,
Learn to cook, catch a crook,
Win a war then write a book about it.
I could paint a Mona Lisa,
I could be another Caesar.
Compose an oratorio that was sublime.
The door’s not shut on my genius but
I just don’t have the time!
– Flanders and Swann: The Sloth
