You can’t wait
to get older.

Seems older
has endless

possibilities,
freedoms,

deciding
whatever

you want
whenever.

Then you
get older,

realize
all that

you pursue
and find

are still
in places

where you
can wander

with wonder
and do

whatever
you want

whenever.
Amen.

 

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.