Awakened
too early
by phone call
from who knows who?

no voice.
Annoying
Odd
Weird.

not the way
to start day,
a day that
started too early.

I wish
you all
a better start
to yours.

 

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.