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See this YouTube video (1:22) live 05/17/11 at the Café in Chicago

See YouTube video from the intro to the 05/17/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, and her poems End of an Empire, Escape my Brain Somehow, Elephants Carry the World, one by one, the beech trees fell, Before it Occurred to Me, & her short story Stalker

See YouTube video of two mini-features at the 05/17/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, 1st of her poems End of an Empire, Escape my Brain Somehow, Elephants Carry the World, one by one, the beech trees fell, Before it Occurred to Me, then of her short story Stalker (this was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers

See YouTube video from 1/7/18 of Janet Kuypers in Austin reading her poems “Terrorism Intelligence”, “End of an Empire”, and “Escape My Brain Somehow” from her book “Give Me the News” at “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 1/7/18 of Janet Kuypers in Austin reading her poems “Terrorism Intelligence”, “End of an Empire”, and “Escape My Brain Somehow” from her book “Give Me the News” at “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See Youtube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Just Can’t Breathe”, “Dentist in Iraq”, and “End of an Empire” from her v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge” for the 2019 Poetry Bomb 4/29/12 at Circle Brewery (on a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See Youtube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Just Can’t Breathe”, “Dentist in Iraq”, and “End of an Empire” from her v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge” for the 2019 Poetry Bomb 4/29/12 at Circle Brewery (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia).

End of an Empire Janet Kuypers 02/25/11 i’ve heard political pundits on both sides say we’re becoming a third world country our products are made in third world countries all of or technology is asian we’ve stopped manufacturing anything unemployment’s sky-high we owe china billions maybe this really is the end of an empire, they say now, the only empire i can remember from history is the Roman Empire where leaders had so much power and like america, sodomy was illegal unless it was with a non-roman or a slave and in america, i think the seventh state allowed gay marriages the other day, and yesterday the president said they will not differentiate marriage now as only between a man and a woman a comedic political pundit just asked if that meant beastiality was now legal according to the federal government and i’m sure that it’s not but lines are being moved and lines are being crossed and how closely did the life of Caligula coincide with the end of the roman republic, i wondered Copyright © 2011 Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.