No swathes of soft, silky sheets,
no clusters of cauliflower cumulus,
no wandering wisps of cirrus,
No threatening tufts of cumulonimbus?
Instead, just a layer of flat clear blue
stretched out in a placid panorama.
Would the world be clearer?
Would we see better?
Do clouds obscure what we
want to see or do they simply
shield us from what could be?