The 25-year reunion survey  
asks where my summer  
home is located 
 
Where. 
Not if. 
 
Maybe if I’d chosen 
a different career 
like the Asian students 
 
Regrets are like sentinels,  
always there even 
when you turn your back, even 
when you say they’re not there,  
They are like plaque,  
steadily constricting the flow. 
They are dead weight upon your back,  
and this is the last straw.
Michael Philips
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dartmouth-alumni-survey/