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Listen: (3:48) to this recording from Fusion

Listen to the CD recording of this, from the CD Change/Rearrange

Listen to the CD recording of this piece used with the performance art show Death Comes in Threes 03/18/03

See YouTube video from Death Comes In Threes, live 03/18/03 in Chicago

Watch half of the show video from Death Comes In Threes, with this writing, via the Internet Archive (31:34)

See YouTube video (3:12) at the live Jesse Oaks live “UNcorrect” feature 06/21/07

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See YouTube video read at at the open mic Poetry Express (at Priya Indian Cuisine) in Berkeley CA 09/14/09

See YouTube video read at at the open mic Poetry Express (at Priya Indian Cuisine) in Berkeley CA 09/14/09

See YouTube video live at the Lake County 2010 Poetry Bomb at Independence Grove forest preserve 04/18/10

See YouTube video of this poem read over video of her walking around a Serbian church and gravesite in Gurnee, Illinois 01/03/11

See YouTube video 03/05/11 from the TV camera in Lake Villa at Swing State, live in her show Letting it All Out

See YouTube video 3/05/11 in Lake Villa at Swing State, live in her “Visual Nonsense” show Letting it All Out

See YouTube video of Kuypers from the TV monitor in the “Letting it All Out” show, live in Lake Villa 03/05/11 at Swing State

See YouTube video (34:48) to the Letting it All Out show, live in Lake Villa’s Swing State 03/05/11 with this piece

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Being God (from the book Get Your Buzz On) in Chicago 11/24/13 (C) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Being God (from the book Get Your Buzz On) in Chicago 11/24/13 (S) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Being God (in the chapbook “Attacking with Poetry”) 4/27/14 at Chicago’s 2014 Poetry Bomb in Lincoln Square (this video was filmed from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuyperspoetrybomb

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Being God Threshold (in the chapbook “Attacking with Poetry”) 4/27/14 (C) at Chicago’s 2014 Poetry Bomb (in Lincoln Square)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Being God in Vicci’s Chicago studio 7/20/14, with video behind her of her drawing the poem (C, take 1; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuyperspoetry

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Being God in Vicci’s Chicago studio 7/20/14, with video behind her of her drawing the poem (C, take 2; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuyperspoetry

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Being God in Vicci’s Chicago studio 7/20/14, with video behind her of her drawing this poem (Sony, take 1; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuyperspoetry

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Being God in Vicci’s Chicago studio 7/20/14, with video behind her of her drawing this poem (Sony, take 2; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuyperspoetry

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Being God at the Wormwood Poetry Collective in Chicago 3/10/15 (Canon P.S.; all of this night venue’s reading videos is on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuyperspoetry

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Being God at the Wormwood Poetry Collective in Chicago 3/10/15 (Canon Power Shot, Posterize; all of this night venue’s reading videos is on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuyperspoetry

See YouTube video (Nikon CoolPix S7000) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Being God 12/20/15 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry

See YouTube video 12/20/15 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems Being God, Looking For A Worthy Adversary, and True Happiness in the New Millennium at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (Nikon CoolPix S7000).

See YouTube video 5/13/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 new poems Violence There & Quibbling over Religion, and Being God at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s (from a Canon Power Shot camera).

See YouTube video 5/13/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 new poems Violence There & Quibbling over Religion, and Being God at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s (from a Sony camera).

See Youtube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Being God”, then singing her poem/song “Made Any Difference” to John’s song with him on guitar, then reading her poem “Vent” live 4/23/18 at the Austin Buzz Mill open mic (Panasonic Lumix T56).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Being God”, then singing her poem/song “Made Any Difference” to John’s song with him on guitar, then reading her poem “Vent” live 4/23/18 at the Austin Buzz Mill open mic (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Being God”, then singing her poem/song “Made Any Difference” to John’s song with him on guitar, then reading her poem “Vent” live 4/23/18 at the Austin Buzz Mill open mic (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Threshold filter).

See Youtube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Being God”, then singing her poem/song “Made Any Difference” to John’s song with him on guitar, then reading her poem “Vent” 4/23/18 at Austin’s Buzz Mill open mic (Panasonic Lumix 2500).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Being God”, then singing her poem/song “Made Any Difference” to John’s song with him on guitar, then reading her poem “Vent” live 4/23/18 at the Austin Buzz Mill open mic (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and given an Edge Detection filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Being God”, then singing her poem/song “Made Any Difference” to John’s song with him on guitar, then reading her poem “Vent” live 4/23/18 at the Austin Buzz Mill open mic (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, with a Posterize filter).

See YouTube video 9/26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video 9/26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video 9/26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Hue Cycling).

See YouTube video 9/26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Sepia Tone).

See YouTube video 9/26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Edge Detect.).

See YouTube video 9/26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Threshold).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Gary’s Blind Date” from her “a Woman on the Beach” show, “Being God” from her “Lake County Poetry Bomb” show, and then her poem “Keep Driving” and her prose “Driving by His House” from her “My Soul in the Trunk of my Car” Evanston show, all from her book “Chapter 48 (v 1)” 12/15/18 @ “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Gary’s Blind Date” from her “a Woman on the Beach” show, “Being God” from her “Lake County Poetry Bomb” show, and then her poem “Keep Driving” and her prose “Driving by His House” from her “My Soul in the Trunk of my Car” Evanston show, all from her book “Chapter 48 (v 1)” 12/15/18 @ “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ May 2019 Book Release Reading 5/1/19, where she read her Life and Death and everything between poems “Echo in my Mind”, “Erasure Poem: ‘One of the most Hated Women in America’”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Cofounding”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear”, all read from the cc&d September-December 2018 issue and chapbook collection book “This is Where I Live”, during Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ May 2019 Book Release Reading 5/1/19, where she read her Life and Death and everything between poems “Echo in my Mind”, “Erasure Poem: ‘One of the most Hated Women in America’”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Cofounding”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear”, all read from the cc&d September-December 2018 issue and chapbook collection book “This is Where I Live”, during Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ominous Day”, “Being God”, “Poem About This”, “ends of the earth”, and (from) “Sometimes It’s Not”, then her prose “Imaging Friends and Loved ones”, then her poems “keyboard” and “quake”, and her prose “Scars”, all read from the Scars Publications 2019 collection book “Art House”, during her January 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ominous Day”, “Being God”, “Poem About This”, “ends of the earth”, and (from) “Sometimes It’s Not”, then her prose “Imaging Friends and Loved ones”, then her poems “keyboard” and “quake”, and her prose “Scars”, all read from the Scars Publications 2019 collection book “Art House”, during her January 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Legacy” book (set 3) poems “Prescribe them Something, Anything”, “Genesis 28”, “Imagination”, “(from) Sometimes It’s Not”, “Hallucinations”, “Imagining Friends and Loved Ones”, “Imagining Dave”, “No One Gave Me Flowers”, “As I Recovered”, “(from) Any Help At All”, “Will Be Just Fine”, “They Wouldn’t Trust Me with a Razor”, “(from) Get It Over With”, “Like My Motto”, and “Being God” during the “Poetic License open mic 5/3/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See Facebook live video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Legacy” book (set 3) poems “Prescribe them Something, Anything”, “Genesis 28”, “Imagination”, “(from) Sometimes It’s Not”, “Hallucinations”, “Imagining Friends and Loved Ones”, “Imagining Dave”, “No One Gave Me Flowers”, “As I Recovered”, “(from) Any Help At All”, “Will Be Just Fine”, “They Wouldn’t Trust Me with a Razor”, “(from) Get It Over With”, “Like My Motto”, and “Being God” during the “Poetic License open mic 5/3/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (filmed from a Samsung S9 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Being God”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, and “All These Reminders” from the the cyberwit.net 137-page 5½" x 8½" poetry book “Eternal Never Ending Now” to close the “Poetic License virtual open mic 4/4/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Being God”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, and “All These Reminders” from the the cyberwit.net 137-page 5½" x 8½" poetry book “Eternal Never Ending Now” to close the “Poetic License virtual open mic 4/4/21” she hosted w/ a Zoom meeting & a Facebook event page (filmed & streamed w/ a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

being god Janet Kuypers 04/30/98 I’m tired of dying for your sins over and over again and why is it that I am the one that’s doing the dying when you are the one that’s doing the sinning I don’t think you’re learning your lesson I’m tired of taking this knife to my hands over and over again giving myself the stigmata the blood gets all over my clothes and I can never get the stains out and for what, for you to see how I suffer I’m tired of being humble when I’m supposed to be the one with the power over and over again I become your servant and never are you bowing to me I don’t even get a thank you I’m tired of preaching to the converted when the converted aren’t even really listening they’re snoring in the back rows while I deliver my sermon and there’s not even air conditioning in here and I’m sweating I’m tired of coming to you and healing the sick taking away the problems, over and over again giving you something to look forward to and all I have is an eternity of waiting for someone to take my place and tend to my wounds I’m tired of giving the earth up to you watching the devil’s work be done, and you know, he’s just sitting down there looking at me and laughing, over and over again because it’s so easy for him when he doesn’t have to work I’m tired of being your salvation over and over again you turn to me and I have no one to turn to but myself it’s a bitch, you know, being your own god since no one can save me from me I’m tired of being your teacher, handing you what you need on a silver platter and waiting for that damn collection plate and someone is always stealing out of it from the back row I know who you are, you who leave me nothing I’m tired of wearing this crown of thorns over and over again the needles prick my skin and even gods bleed, at least this one does and when I ask you to wipe the blood out of my eyes, well, I can’t see you anywhere I’m tired of being something for everybody when everyone is nothing for me maybe the devil has the right idea, you know maybe I’ll sit back and wait for you miss me as you wonder who’s your messiah now Copyright Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.