Metamorphosis

AN opportunity comes around fairly often, on many occasions multiple times in a day.  On the other hand, THIS opportunity only comes around once…..and it’s staring you in the face right now, dammittall!  Therefore, do NOT waste it!!!  The adult stage of an opportunity nymph is a fully grown regret, and from that stage no further metamorphosis takes place and this mature, ossified creature eventually withers up and dies a feeble, inconsequential death.  But an opportunity taken full advantage of?  With the gradual passage of time, this cryptic entity transforms into a beautiful six-legged creature boasting sweeping, lustrous wings coupled with a sinewy, nubile body, a creature that must eventually die also—as all mortal things do, of course—yet its death is a cause for celebration and the closure of an imaginary circle, not a reason for consternation and gnashing of teeth over glorious promise unfulfilled.  Oh yes, you asked about the geometrical shape associated with a jilted opportunity?  Well, just some grotesque, multi-sided unicursal hexagram lacking true character and pulchritude. Jilted opportunities are difficult to categorize because not much is known about them.  To wit, who in their right mind would rather spend finite time studying pusillanimous losers as opposed to risk-taking winners?