Thursday, June 20, 2024

Best Laid by Maureen N. McLane



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