Some things never change. The past, present and future remain connected in intricate ways that keep reshaping endless possibilities. Why is that we expect more than we are willing to give?

Things happen at the damnedest times, presenting us with the most unexpected questions that might one day inspire people to wonder. Why do we still struggle to understand how inequality and injustice persists?

Why can’t people live in peace? Who decided which factors would decide a peoples’ fate. Imagine people believing they have the right to decide who will live and die on a planet created by God?

 

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.