[the Writing of Kuypers]
“thank you for your wonderful daughter”
and she said
and when I first heard that
and I know that’s not what she said
because I know it comes up at the most
he lets me collapse in his arms
and I don’t know how many times I’ll do this
so thank you for creating me
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The Last Time
06/27/06
He Sees Her Alive
are some of the words John said to her
because if they leave soon to go back home
it might be the last time he sees her alive
“I’m glad she has you
you two are a great pair”
all I could think
was that she was glad I had you to lean on
as she is dying
and I’m sure that’s probably not what she meant
but that sticks in my head anyway
inopportune times, and I start crying
or at least I try to stop myself
and if John sees that I need it,
I don’t know how long this pain
of impending death will continue
whether or not it was for john
because I don’t know how I could lose you
if I didn’t have him to help me survive
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Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers
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