Backdrop
late morning
Boston.

Temps in
upper
50’s.

Graywhite
skies
above.

The noon
quiet
interrupted

by sounds
of random
traffic

that splash
through
shallow

puddles
on worn out
asphalt.

Planes
above
drop sounds

create
layers
of noise.

Local
birds
chirp

from tree
branches
adding

local beats
and
somewhere

in the
distance
someone

is scraping
rakes
against

pavement
darkened by
raindrops.

 

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.