It’s ironic how we have learned to live with
a contradiction, like this, a misstep, blunder
a failure in the expected; how we adjust so
easily to whatever comes along. Snow today
isn’t news, rather a warning, or a reminder
that incidental things, like this, are beyond us
we can plan and manage, supervise and direct
we chart, arrange talking points and agendas
we schedule appointments and meetings, we
set the clock, our calendars, wake up early
then look out at our day, roads are treacherous
flights cancelled, schools closed, openings delayed
the best laid plans, etc. etc., but we get on, grab
the scraper, grab the shovel, grumble and go on.