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the poetry 5 CD THE CHAOTIC COLLECTION
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the poetry 5 CD THE CHAOTIC COLLECTION Listen mp3 file to this track from the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD the DMJ Art Connection Disc One, which can also be ordered at any time online through iTunes.
Live at the Café, poetry CD set Listen mp3 file Live at the Cafe
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of this poem read live in Chicago 09/12/03 at the “the Cycle of Life” DvA art gallery show
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read at at the open mic It’s A Grind (at a Coffee House) in Berkeley CA 09/14/09
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See YouTube video from 3/25/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Political Merry-Go-Round” and “I’m A Record Now” at the “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Sony camera).
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See YouTube video from 3/25/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Political Merry-Go-Round” and “I’m A Record Now” at the “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera).
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Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream as video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera with a Charcoal filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

I’m a Record now

I feel like I’m a record now

you know how vinyl goes
That there is a ridge, trailed in circles
That groove that the needle can easily slip into

Well, I feel like I am that record now
And the needle of life is in me
And it is playing my story
And I am stuck on this record player
At this certain speed
And I can’t get the needle out of the groove
And my life is being played out for me
For everyone to hear
And see
And live
       And they don’t feel a God-damned thing
But they claim to know how I feel
But that needle is stuck there
And the R P M has been set on the player
And now my life is an open book
And now my life is a playing record

And people can choose to read the book
And people can choose to listen to the music

And sometimes that excites me
Sometimes that fascinates me
And sometimes that scares me

Because I wonder if people who listen know too little
Or too much


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