She stands
in the middle
of a crowd

yelling about
the violence,
drugs, crime,

about those
who are lost
to despair.

Her words
are ignored
and life goes on

 

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.