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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 1/21/17 reading her poems “Quivering against the Invading Enemy”, “This Isn’t Fair”, and “I Never Took a Life Until I Took My Own” at the “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (video filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 1/21/17 reading her poems “Quivering against the Invading Enemy”, “This Isn’t Fair”, and “I Never Took a Life Until I Took My Own” at the “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Sony camera).

this isn’t fair this isn’t fair I was going to start being a punk girl now, dying the bottom of my hair bright red and hey, I’m supposed to go off any marry one of my closest friends in a few months so I’m supposed to officiate a wedding and celebrate with them, and be able to party and laugh and then you have to throw this curve ball at me this isn’t fair this isn’t right this is supposed to be a time to celebrate to fly in the face of everything and stick your tongue out and say, so what, I can have fun but this isn’t fair of you, God why do you make me work so hard why do you change everything at the last minute we’ve worked to stop this we’ve done everything we could we’ve done our damndest to stop this we’ve done our damndest to stop you stop flexing your muscles stop proving us wrong I’ve tried to figure you out and you’re not playing fair ### what does your God do when you feel like you have it all I’ve learned that God doesn’t kill you it just drops you and says, you’ve had it all figured out before what do you do now? well, you’re killing her and leaving me wondering how to pick up the pieces and how to fly in the face of everything despite everything Copyright © 2006 Janet Kuypers. U.S. Government Copyright © 2004 Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers on all art and all writings on this site completed before 6/6/04. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.