Order this writing in the 2010 6" x 9" ISBN# book Dual
of Janet Kuypers poetry converted to prose, based on 1990s chapbooks
from GAD Publishing Company of Kuypers: “Drop.” and “Roll.”
“that’s from the barbed wire” 2010
Janet Kuypers (poetry converted to prose)
she had skin of silk: smooth and strong, beautiful to touch. with silk around you, you always get warm, feel warm: you can’t escape it.
I watched her skin, her silken exterior, and saw occasional rips, small spare tears with little dots of blood tracing the edges.
I had to ask.
and she told me “oh, that’s from the barbed wire”.
and I suddenly internally panicked: what did they do to her? how did they hurt her? ...or was she trying to escape their potential torture?
how could they destroy this silken beauty, how —
then I wondered where the barbed wire was. I wondered where the torture was.
and then I wondered if the barbed wire was inside her trying to tear her silk trying to break its way out.
