Stop running circles
around yourself.

Run like hell
from anyone

who tries to run
circles around you.

Some people just
don’t give a damn.

People are people
are people.

Some people prefer
earplugs to voices.

Some people only
listen to people

who sound
like them.

Some people only
listen to themselves.

 

Janet Cormier is a painter, writes prose and poetry, and performs comedy. Janet prefers different and original over pretty. She loves collecting stuff, but cleaning not so much. Janet also talks to strangers. A lot. Her column appears weekly on Oddball Magazine.