Hello mholt.. I think this has a lot of potential... I kind of envision the middle, completely straight part being chopped of at some point. Then developing both the thicker stump on the left and also the one on the right. If you get buds at the tops of both sections, you could have a nice informal upright. The kind where the first branch actually comes from part of the stump.
I hope you don't mind, but I made a virt showing what I mean.
Rob