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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 10/31/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 10/31/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony)

See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 10/31/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, including this poem

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Etched into that Tombstone” (from her book “Part of My Pain”) and “Only an Observer” 9/10/16 at “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (Canon Power Shot).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Etched into that Tombstone” (from her book “Part of My Pain”) and “Only an Observer” 9/10/16 at “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (from a Sony).

Etched into that Tombstone Janet Kuypers started 10Ὧ24Ὧ12, completed 10Ὧ25Ὧ12 I’ve seen my tombstone and the date etched in that stone is before we met and you say I saved you and you say I was what you needed I know you cannot answer, but where is what I needed back when that date         was etched on that tombstone? and what, now I am here, unable to be everything for you — I’m your savior now? I had no one to save me on that fateful day,         etched in stone how can I save you when I don’t know how to save myself ### was it music was it science that saved me because it brings me to tears to know that I’m here what, because of science science is what I rely on and thanks to science, I am left here with this hole with this tombstone, and with this hole ### yes, you’ve made me feel less alone and this hole would consume the Universe if you were not here but like a Black Hole this void is never satiated it keeps wanting more it keeps swallowing everything around it it keeps sucking everything in until nothing can escape ### I know, I know galaxies thrive with a Black Hole at their core so is this how I’m supposed to survive and thrive now? maybe I should know that everything now is just icing on the cake because I lived through that date and I saw that date etched on that tombstone because I died so long ago so I just have to remember: all this joy and more importantly, all this pain this is all icing on the cake

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