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Watch this YouTube video live at the Cafe in Chicago 09/22/09

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See YouTube video 6/11/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xerostomia”, “Afraid of Telling The Truth” and “Fifteen Gun-Toting Tweets” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic (from a Sony camera).

See YouTube video 6/11/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xerostomia”, “Afraid of Telling The Truth” and “Fifteen Gun-Toting Tweets” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic (from a Lumix camera).

15 Gun-Toting Tweets Each “portion” are less than 140 characters, and were designed to fit into a “tweet” at twitter.com/janetkuypers. “09/15/09” “stray bullet” a 9 year old was killed this weekend in front of her house gang shooting stray bullet, I suppose these stories are becoming more and more common “God’s children” saw another 24-hour drive-by media report on tv a family and their local church held vigils for the senseless killing of one of God’s children “murderous leads” flyers offer $10,000 for any murderer leads they’re stapled to tree trunks in a 4 mile radius but no one calls, too afraid of the gang’s cross-fire “quicken your pace” follow similar safety rules avoid being alone quicken your pace monitor surroundings & look determined cuz when you look afraid they know you are “safety net” this is our “comfort zone” I’m not too afraid to snitch I didn’t see anything, I swear my eyes dart back & forth sometimes this is our safety net “get the wrong idea” I could carry my gun 2 protect myself when potentially threatened but I won’t someone’ll get the wrong idea I won’t cross that line I know better “the threat to society” I say I know better & most gun owners know better ex-cops ex-marines hunters owning a gun is our right & we’re not the threat to society trust me “kill each other at night” we keep our guns locked in our closet cuz we know better & criminals w/ illegal guns kill each other at night & kids are caught in the cross-fire “pulling cards from a deck” banning guns doesn’t make me feel safer it makes me feel more scared the government keeps taking our rights away like pulling cards from a deck “stack the deck against us” I want the hand I was dealt don’t take my cards killers use illegal guns not Constitutionally-protected ones so don’t stack the deck against us “or killers” if you don’t like guns don’t buy ‘em & if you don’t like guns, why take mine? whose hands should guns be in Constitutionally legal ones or killers? “remind me again” illegal guns are used in violent killings banning legal guns won’t stop illegal guns so remind me again why we’re the ones you’re punishing “here in America” you’re supposed to find those killers not take my rights that’s how it’s supposed to be done here in America that’s how the it’s supposed to work “labeled a radical” so find the killers or take our rights it should be our choice but you’ll decide, against our will & if I protest I’m labeled a radical so now what? “can I keep my rights” I guess my only option left is to ask you really nice pretty please w/ sugar on top you have my tax $ I don’t ask 4 much can I keep my rights please Copyright © 2009 Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.