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  Watch this YouTube video (1:11) read live 01/25/11 from the ISBN# & ISSN# book a Wake-up Call from Tradition, live at the Café in Chicago |
 Watch this YouTube video of the intro at the the Café Chicago open mic 01/25/11 & the poems Getaway, Couldn’t Take It Home, His Mom’s Car, At Least That’s What I Hear, and Thinking. I Hate That. |
 See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 poems Catching a Muscovy, into Couldn’t Take It Home 7/9/16 at Native South Food Park poetry and music event in Austin TX (iPhone). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 poems Catching a Muscovy, into Couldn’t Take It Home 7/9/16 at Native South Food Park poetry and music event in Austin TX (iPhone, Posterized). |
Couldn’t Take it HomeI went out deer hunting once with some buddiesof mine. Now, I’m not a big fan of deer meat, but I went for the sport, I’m a pretty good shot. And I saw when I went over a small wooded hill a small lake amongst the trees, and right at the edge of the water was a deer. So here was my chance. I pulled out my shotgun, aimed, pulled the trigger. Direct hit. It was still moving, so I walked toward the deer. I hit the spinal cord, and the back half of the deer was parylized. The thing was dragging itself with its front two legs, trying to crawl away. I knew it was in pain. I looked at the deer. I pulled out my .22 pistol and shot it in the head, and left it there. I couldn’t take it home. My buddies asked me why I left it there. Everything felt wrong. I told them I didn’t want anything to do with it. Leave it there. Leave it.
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