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for c ra this is a man a thinking man he wants to be condemned to hell for a change he feels the plight of too many he is blamed for too much these are the words of a man remember this, my friends: this is a man a thinking man with feelings this is his pain this is his strength does he know that this is how he is supposed to feel? he lives life so fully that it ages him remember this, my friends: this is a man Copyright Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.

Watch this YouTube video or listen: (1:04, of just the poem) live at the Café in Chicago 05/25/10

Watch the YouTube video of this reading with the intro & other writings, live 05/25/10 at the Café

Watch the YouTube video Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 live at the Café

See feature-length YouTube video 06/28/11 of her performing her poetry & live Janet Kuypers & John Yotko songs @ Chicago’s the Café

Watch this YouTube video of the intro to the 06/28/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, plus her Close Cover Before Striking prose & poem