poem “Genesis Forty-Four”, a very short first person perspective poem based on G�e�n�e�s�i�s� �F�o�r�t�y�-�F�o�u�r in the Holy Bible, and how when men can bring you down and you rise up without them, when they come groveling to you as a stranger later, you may choose to punish them th way they once punished you, By Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

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See YouTube video 4/21/19 on Easter of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Genesis Forty-Four” on the last day the restaurant “Opal Divine’s Marina” was open in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video 4/21/19 on Easter of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Genesis Forty-Four” on the last day the restaurant “Opal Divine’s Marina” was open in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and given a Hue Cycling filter).

See YouTube video 4/21/19 on Easter of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Genesis Forty-Four” on the last day the restaurant “Opal Divine’s Marina” was open in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and given a Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video 4/21/19 on Easter of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Genesis Forty-Four” on the last day the restaurant “Opal Divine’s Marina” was open in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and given a Posterize filter).

See YouTube video from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Genesis Forty-Four”, “Genesis Twenty-Three”, “Lawyering can Lead to Leading the Country”, “Underscore for the Battles”, and “Joining the Grave-Robbing Crew” from the v168 “Aurora” section of the Down in the Dirt February-April 2020 issue collection book “Founda tions” for “The 2020 #poetrybomb” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See Facebook streaming video live from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Genesis Forty-Four”, “Genesis Twenty-Three”, “Lawyering can Lead to Leading the Country”, “Underscore for the Battles”, and “Joining the Grave-Robbing Crew” from the v168 “Aurora” section of the Down in the Dirt 2-4 2020 issue collection book “Founda tions” for “The 2020 #poetrybomb” (this video was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera).

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quickly, Life Can Turn”, “ ever since my childhood”, “Genesis Twenty-Three”, “Genesis Forty-Four”, “Know Completeness”, “unsung”, “Magnesium Burn”, and “Everyone Will React” from the Scars Publi cations flash fiction and art collection book “2020 in a Flash” (released that day) for The Café Gallery 11/24/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quickly, Life Can Turn”, “ ever since my childhood”, “Genesis Twenty-Three”, “Genesis Forty-Four”, “Know Completeness”, “unsung”, “Magnesium Burn”, and “Everyone Will React” from the Scars Publi cations flash fiction and art collection book “2020 in a Flash” (released that day) for The Café Gallery 11/24/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Genesis Forty-Four”, “Genesis Forty-Five”, and “Genesis Forty-Nine” from the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers 2023 poetry book “Testa ment” outside at the remains of the pool of the Branch Davidian compound near the 30-year anniversary of the Waco siege for the 2023 Poetry Bomb (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linked in, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
Also enjoy this YouTube video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linked in, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
Also enjoy this Facebook video post filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linked in, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetrybomb

Genesis Forty-Four
Janet Kuypers
4/18/19
I was kind to your lot on the surface, but after your evil lead ten men
to try to destroy me, I knew you deserved a slave’s fate, if not death.
So I hid my valuables in one good man’s bag. When you left, my steward
caught up to you to “catch” your heinous thievery. I did not want this
good man to die for this, and you, the man who once plotted my demise,
begged for the good man’s survival; that you would die in his place. And
I thought, ‘maybe this one wretched man finally understands his sins.’

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