Plans create a bridge to the future
(you hope, a long, long bridge)
the more distant the better.
The future can look
foreshortened—
something like a blind hedge—
but plans create a bridge,
because you can anticipate the
pleasure
you’ll have as an old Grand Teton lodger
wearing a Moose, Wyoming sweater,
catching trout in sky-blue weather,
trying not be be an x on the covid ledger.
The more remote your death the better,
obviously, so you keep your
distance and cover
your nose and mouth. But I’ll wager,
your bridge to the future
is as long as forever,
or else it's a ribbon in a book with no pages.
Your plans create a bridge to a future
as present as this morning’s weather.
