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In my dreams you’re always with me.
And what I want to know is
And what I want to know is
I daydream about you in the mornings
why do I have to get out of this bed.
And what I want to know is
And what I want to know is
I know what I would say.
And what I want to know is
And what I want to know is
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Never before seen on social media, see YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “And What I Want To Know” (written in 1997) from her performance art show “Conflict • Contact • Control” live 4/1/05 at the DvA art gallery in Chicago, with background music (by AmJaz for the DMJ Art Connection) and her artwork (this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
See this Archive video of Janet Kuypers performing her poetry in her performance art show “Conflict • Contact • Control” (23:21) live 4/1/05 at the DvA art gallery in Chicago, with background music (by AmJaz for the DMJ Art Connection) and her artwork, including her poems “Kurt Irons (it’s Just A Girl)”, “The Men At The Construction Site”, “Women’s Very Existence”, “White Knuckled”, “And What I Want To Know”, “And I’m Wondering”, “The Way You Tease Me”, “Athena”, “Military Police”, “Too Far”, and “Communication ‘05” (from the Internet Archive, this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr).
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live at the Cafe in Chicago 12/15/09
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “and What I Want to Know” (with music and video shown from the HA!man of South Africa) live 12/18/11 at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago this video was filmed from a Samsung camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersthecafegallery #janetkuypersinstagram
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading a number of her poems & prose including this writing (with music from the HA!man of South Africa, accompanying opera vocals from Suzanne Hettinger, and guitar from John) live 12/18/11 at the Café weekly poetry open mic she hosted in Chicago on the LAST night this open mic was held at the Café before moving to a new location (this video was filmed from a Samsung camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersthecafegallery #janetkuypersinstagram
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of the intro to the 12/18/11 poetry open mike at the Café in Chicago, & her reading poems (music from the HA!man of South Africa, vocals by Suzanne Hettinger, guitar by John Yotko) with this writing
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read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with music and video shown from the HA!man of South Africa), from the Kodak Camera
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read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with music and video shown from the HA!man of South Africa), from the Samsung Camera
See YouTube video 6/13/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems Death is a Dog, and What I Want to Know and I Dreamt About You Last Night at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (from a Canon Power Shot camera).
See YouTube video 6/13/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems Death is a Dog, and What I Want to Know and I Dreamt About You Last Night at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (from a Sony camera).
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ September 2018 Book Release Reading 9/5/18, where she read her “Live at Café Aloha” poems “Communication” and “And What I Want to Know” from the Down in the Dirt v160 book “Spitfire” in Community Poetry! at Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix 56 camera).
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ September 2018 Book Release Reading 9/5/18, where she read her “Live at Café Aloha” poems “Communication” and “And What I Want to Know” from the Down in the Dirt v160 book “Spitfire” in Community Poetry! at Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ February 2019 Book Release Reading 2/6/19, where she read her her “Live at Café Aloha” show poems “Communication”, “And What I Want to Know”, and “And I’m Wondering”, then her “Seeing Things Differently” show poems “the Things Warren Says”, “Japanese Television”, “Kurt Irons (it’s just a girl)”, “Bizarre Sexual Stories in the News”, “Christmas Eve”, and “Coquinas” from the new Down in the Dirt issue book “Ornament”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ February 2019 Book Release Reading 2/6/19, where she read her her “Live at Café Aloha” show poems “Communication”, “And What I Want to Know”, and “And I’m Wondering”, then her “Seeing Things Differently” show poems “the Things Warren Says”, “Japanese Television”, “Kurt Irons (it’s just a girl)”, “Bizarre Sexual Stories in the News”, “Christmas Eve”, and “Coquinas” from the new Down in the Dirt issue book “Ornament”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
And what I want to know
I’ve been dreaming of you lately.
Usually, in my dreams, I see you
for just a short while,
then you have to leave.
Maybe you tell me you miss me.
Maybe you kiss me.
Last night, when you left me once again
I drove after you
to the airport so I could say
goodbye to you one more time.
In my dreams you’re always leaving me.
In my dreams I run after you.
Just to say goodbye again.
when are these dreams going to stop.
are you dreaming of me too.
while my legs are still tangled in my sheets.
I close my eyes, so I can feel you there,
curled up against me. Why -
if you saw me hit by a car
my lifeless body lying in the street
would you hold me up against you,
would you hold my limp arms
in your coarse hands.
Would you rock me to sleep.
Would you cry.
Would you not want to say goodbye.
if you saw the car speeding toward me
would you instantly run to me
because life is no longer life
without the one you love.
I know my answers.
if I will live like this forever.
And what I want to know is
if I’m going to suffer this alone.
are you dreaming of me too.
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