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Married Some women are married to their husbands, cooking them dinners, greeting them with a smile keeping themselves trim, dressing up for when her man walks through that door. Letting him dictate all of her actions. Some women are married to their careers, spending extra time at the office, talking in their spare time about their work. I’ll need to stay late in order to get this client. Her meetings dictate her behavior. Some women are married to their home, vacuuming the floors, washing the dishes, dusting with a religious intensity. Because this is her one showpiece, this marks her worth, her surroundings dictate her success. Some women are married to their addictions, whether they be sex, or liquor, or pills, cigarettes, soap operas or attention. She keeps searching for what she can attach herself to. She has to attach herself to something. Copyright Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.

Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 6/20/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)

Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers’ open mike 6/20/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, which includes this poem

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (C) reading her poem married at the open mike 7/21/12 Waiting 4 the Bus in Chicago

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (S) reading her poem married at the open mike 7/21/12 Waiting 4 the Bus in Chicago

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (C) reading 3 poems - INCLUDING THIS POEM - 7/21/12 at Chicago’s Waiting 4 the Bus

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (S) reading 3 poems - INCLUDING THIS POEM - 7/21/12 at Chicago’s Waiting 4 the Bus