---

 

Order this writing in the Kuypers poetry book Contents Under Pressure (original release sold out, new printing just released) now available for only 1495

Order this writing in the book A Wake-Up Call From Tradition This is the 2nd of a 3 volume 2009 set.
the 5.5"x8.5" paperback book: $14.95

Order this writing in the book finally, literature for the snotty and elite (v1) This is volume 1 of a 2 volume set, 6"x9". Most of this book is also in the 5.5"x8.5" book.
the 6"x9" paperback book: $21.95

Order this writing in the 2010 6" x 9" ISBN# book uncorrect of Janet Kuypers poetry read in the 2007 poetry show and in the 1990s chapbooks “Content With Too Much Light,” “Politics and Violence,” and “Somebody Say Something”

the mistakes he made


I

Ralph
lost three of his fingers
while on the job
at his factory

at the time
medicine couldn’t save
his fingers

after that,
whenever
Ralph
looked at his
fingers,
he thought
of the mistakes
he made

II

Ed
while working with a
circular table saw
reached up
above him
for a piece
of wood
and when the wood
slipped
he cut off
the tips of
two fingers

once at the
hospital
he called
his son
asked him to check
the sawdust-
covered floors
around the
workbench
to see if he could
find them

the doctors tried
to reattach
the tips,
but they
didn’t take

after that,
whenever
Ed
looked at his
fingers,
he thought
of the mistakes
he made

III

Lester Massey
agreed with
a friend
to each chop off
a finger of
the other’s

but after
his friend
chopped off
Lester Massey’s
finger
he changed
his mind
about losing
his own


after that,
whenever
Lester Massey
looked at his
fingers,
he thought
of the mistakes
he made

Copyright of written pieces remain with the author, who has allowed it to be shown through Scars Publications and Design.Web site © Scars Publications and Design. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission from the author.

Problems with this page? Then deal with it...