Best Laid

it’s clear

the wind

won’t let up

and a swim’s out —

what you planned

is scotched.

forget the calls,

errands at the mall —

yr resolve’s

superfluous

as a clitoris.

how miraculous

the gratuitous —

spandrels,

cathedrals.

on a sea

of necessity

let’s float

wholly

unnecessary

& call

that free