A Personal History of the Future
When I was born, the future was unimaginably infinite.
When I was eight, the future was flying cars and spaceships.
When I was eighteen, the future was independence.
When I was twenty-eight, the future was her.
When I was thirty-eight, the future was the corner office.
When I was forty-eight, the future was giving him his independence.
When I was fifty-eight, the future was Florida.
When I was sixty-eight, the future was frightening.
When I was seventy-eight, the future was lonely.
When I was eighty-eight, the future was unimaginably infinite.