There is a
hurricane
happening.

See heads spin,
eyes cross,
hearts stop.

Who can breathe?
Sleeping
is impossible,

and the prices
of everything
on earth

are now
out of this
universe.

The battle
between haves
and have nots

continues
and, just
like always,

the haves
have it and
have nots don’t

Politics
maintain
status quo.

Second guessing
has become
game of day.

Who’s who
doesn’t
matter.

It’s more
about who
has what

and how long
they can
keep it.

 

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.