What the #!*?
It’s 5 o’ clock
in the morning.

it’s too x#!# early
to be so vocal!

What news is
so important
that it requires
the disruption
of my well earned
sleep time?

Making such
a racket so early
in the morning.
Who do they think
they are?

What can I do?
Do I call
the police?
Call for a
neighborhood
meeting?

Draft a silence
ordinance?
Why should I
have change in
my sleeping habits
to accommodate
these annoying
entitled neighbors?

They don’t even
pay taxes.

Damn birds.
Ever wonder what
they think about us?

 

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.