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Hot air balloon. Sky dive. Climb frozen waterfalls. Rugby. Surf. Snorkle. Run with the bulls. Keep bee hives. Ice skate. Taste puffer fish. Rope wild horses. Shave with a straight razor. Fire walk. Snake charm. Hitchhike. Work on an offshore oil rig. Drive in a demolition derby. Brew craft beer. Shoot heroin. Snort cocaine. Smoke meth. Eat black licorice. Poach rhinos, gorillas, or elephants. Ballroom dance. Public nudity. Hike the entire length of any multi-state or multi-national trail. And I'd like to say that I won't disappoint, dismay, or dispirit the ones who love me most but that's not true. Through action and inaction, I'll fail and fail again, and so will you. Maybe all of us are unbuckled and terrified as we wing-walk on vintage planes with wisdom shut and opened eyes.
Things I'll Never Do
I have Bipolar 1 with high manias. I’m not using bipolar as an excuse...just as an explanation. I actually have done a few things on your list - hitchhiking, snorting cocaine and public nudity. I have abused the ones who love me most...and as I’m very intent not to abuse them again...I’m afraid I will. I haven’t been manic for 19 years and I really want (and work towards) not experiencing all that destruction again in my lifetime.
But I really agree with you about black licorice.
Powerful final two lines; gonna be chewing for a bit longer...I would pay a gazillion centavos to go snorkeling again. My ex aerial dancer wife's three auto immunities keep us from Mother Ocean.