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Watch this live video 3/12/02 at Cafe Aloha read by John Yotko from the Internet Archive You can laos listen to this live recording as a (low quality) Macintosh .aif file, a (low quality) Linux .au filean mp3 file, a (low quality) wav file or even as a real audio (.ra) file, performed live at Cafe Aloha 03/12/02.

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See YouTube video live 6/16/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Republican”, “Her Blood is Evaporating” and “Isn’t it Amazing” from “Chapter 38 v3” at “Recycled Reads” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video live 6/16/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Republican”, “Her Blood is Evaporating” and “Isn’t it Amazing” from “Chapter 38 v3” at “Recycled Reads” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

Isn’t it Amazing Janet Kuypers 04/01/98 Isn’t it amazing how much easier it is to destroy something than to fight for it. It’s amazing to see people throw away their lives day after day like a bag of trash taken to the corner for someone else to carry away. You can forget about the trash when someone gets rid of it for you. Now all you have to do is bring it to the corner and then wait for them to do their work. Isn’t it amazing how much easier it is to destroy something than to fight for it. Isn’t it amazing. Isn’t it amazing how willing we are to give up our chances at happiness. Isn’t it amazing how afraid we are of life. Isn’t it funny how we don’t want to embarrass ourselves. Quick. Take out the trash. Hopefully no one will see you in your bathrobe as you make your way to the end of your driveway. All you have to do is turn around and leave it there. Someone else will clean up the mess. Someone else will pick up the pieces. This is what we do, in America. This is how we avoid hurt. This is how we stay ahead. Now look who has egg on their face. Isn’t it amazing how much easier it is to destroy something than to fight for it. Once you’ve made that decision, once you know that you’re going to be the one holding the aces, you can watch the rest of the world squirm. If only those fools knew better, you think. If only they knew what you know. It’s emotion that gets them in trouble. Just don’t cross that line. Isn’t it amazing how much easier it is to destroy something than to fight for it. It seems the obvious choice. Isn’t it amazing. Copyright Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.