Early morning silence interupted by rain and thunder
The tree branches hold up sky.

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Children enjoy running through puddles,
casting shadows on bare side walk pavement
and documenting their adventures on paper in
crayon.

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Where do shadows go at night?

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Popular questions that can inspire conversation and or silence a room.

Why?

Why not?

 

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.