each year
you get older

aka “old”
and then

people no
longer listen

and suddenly
you have no voice

(so much for
the saying

“with age
comes wisdom”).

 

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.