When too tired to sleep
The automatic response is to go directly
To PANIC & ANXIETY!!!
Calm is way too overrated
And difficult to find in times of need.
Whereas PANIC & ANXIETY
are familiar and always available.

PANIC & ANXIETY go directly
To CRASH AND BURN.
It’s so easy ’cause it’s all you know.
Going online or asking for help
Seems too complicated.
It’s unnatural.
Besides its a fact
Whenever mood swings are up (in number)
The internet is down!

 

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