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Going Nowhere 08/26/08 6:21 pm, edited 11/04/08 i’m in a plane & the air is compressed & it feels just like everything else i’m in a plane & it feels like i’m going nowhere every time i’m on an airplane going across the country, going across the world i’m in that coffin that quaint little compressed tube & i have no idea what it’ll be like until i step off of that place, outside           in that coffin, i have no idea            what my final destination will be like when they fly you up that high they compress that air make it feel like generic life that you can share with all the other generic people & after a while it feels like everything else           that shared air so yeah, while you’re on that plane it feels like you’re going nowhere what will it be like when i land Copyright © 2008 Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.

Watch this YouTube video Live at Mercury Cafe, live in Chicago 02/28/09

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers preforming her entire Chicago 2/28/09 Mercury Cafe show “(Give me 5 Minutes)”, including her reading her poems “Canned Condolences”, “Ten Minutes”, “Going Nowhere” and “Shame on Me” (this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Going Nowhere (Cfs) live 7/8/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago, from the October 2009 v201 issue of cc&d

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Going Nowhere (Cps) live 7/8/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago, from the October 2009 v201 issue of cc&d