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.