poem “I never took a life until I took my own, part II, ‘the martyr’” part II for the 3 part 1997 poem “I never took a life until I took my own” that references Kurt Cobain, that was pulled for inclusion in the Janet Kuypers book “Every Event of the Year (Volume One: Januiary-June)” posted on the date Kurt Cobain killed himself in April, a poem By Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Victims of Violence for Lending a Hand” for Victims of Violence Wholly/Holy Day on April 4^th, “Red Matter” for First Contact Day on April 5^th, verse II ‘the Martyr’ of “I Never Took a Life Until I Took My Own, part II: “the martyr”” for the day Kurt Cobain killed himself on April 5^th, and “Quote Unquote Holiday for us Beer Drinkers” for National Beer day on April 7^th, April event poems read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” during her “Poetic License open mic 4/5/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (video from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Victims of Violence for Lending a Hand” for Victims of Violence Wholly/Holy Day on April 4^th, “Red Matter” for First Contact Day on April 5^th, verse II ‘the Martyr’ of “I Never Took a Life Until I Took My Own, part II: “the martyr”” for the day Kurt Cobain killed himself on April 5^th, and “Quote Unquote Holiday for us Beer Drinkers” for National Beer day on April 7^th, April event poems read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” during her “Poetic License open mic 4/5/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (video from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

I never took a life
until I took my own
part II, “the martyr”
Janet Kuypers
verse II of her 1997 poem “I never
took a life until I took my own”
I never took a life
until I took my own
I never had the power
to pull people in
to make people react
but when I decided
it was my time
boy, I left a legacy
behind, I became
a hero, and oh, the
masses loved me then
They scratched my name
into their arm
with a pin, a knife
or a fountain pen,
they cried in my honor,
they went to my gravesite
and left roses, scratched
crosses on my
tombstone, drank with
me and left half-empty
flasks on saturday nights
But it’s funny how
they only loved me,
held me as their idol
after I slain myself,
after I was gone

my hand to an anim of jkchair

I never took a life until I took my own part II, “the martyr”

I never took a life
until I took my own
part II, “the martyr”