poem “Viruses: Entirely Human After All𕒵, poem sharing how viruses once contributed to the bulding blocks of life, and how humans, who are made up of less than half of human cells, can do inhumane things, maybe because of the viruses within them, or maybe because they are not entirely human after all, By Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

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See this YouTube video 4/25/21 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Viruses: Entirely Human After All” for the 2021 Poetry Bomb at the Alamo (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuyperspoetrybomb

See this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Viruses: Entirely Human After All” for the 2021 Poetry Bomb 4/25/21 at the Alamo (this video was filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuyperspoetrybomb

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Bronze Sculptures will Crumble to Pieces” from the v184 6/21 Down in the Dirt book “Sprung from Grief”, then her poem “Viruses: Entirely Human After All”, then her Twitter-length Periodic Table poem “Deuterium: How Sweet It Is” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 6/6/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Bronze Sculptures will Crumble to Pieces” from the v184 6/21 Down in the Dirt book “Sprung from Grief”, then her poem “Viruses: Entirely Human After All”, then her Twitter-length Periodic Table poem “Deuterium: How Sweet It Is” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 6/6/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Gallium”, “Viruses: Entirely Human After All”, “Our Society, Glossed Over”, “Knowing that Instant”, “Do the Dead Still Live”, and “Exactly Where She Belonged (dreams2/29/20)” from the v186 8/21 Down in the Dirt book “Three Things” 9/1/21 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersinstagram

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Gallium”, “Viruses: Entirely Human After All”, “Our Society, Glossed Over”, “Knowing that Instant”, “Do the Dead Still Live”, and “Exactly Where She Belonged (dreams2/29/20)” from the v186 8/21 Down in the Dirt book “Three Things” 9/1/21 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Viruses: Entirely Human After All”, “Our Society, Glossed Over”, “One Lonesome Whale”, “Española Lore”, “Until I Choose Life”, and “Knowing that Instant” from the Down in the Dirt magazine 5-8/21 issue collection book “Lockdo wn’s Over” 12/1/21 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Viruses: Entirely Human After All”, “Our Society, Glossed Over”, “One Lonesome Whale”, “Española Lore”, “Until I Choose Life”, and “Knowing that Instant” from the Down in the Dirt magazine 5-8/21 issue collection book “Lockdo wn’s Over” 12/1/21 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera with a bubble filter). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Viruses: Entirely Human
After All
Janet Kuypers
4/24/21
Viruses contributed to the building blocks
during the evolution of the human species.
So now our bodies, partially built by viruses,
now fight viruses that don’t like the viruses
we chose to include in our genetic DNA.
And humans are made of so many microbes,
tiny foreign microorganisms, that over half
of us humans aren’t even made of human cells.
This is what consumes me, when I think of the
inhumane ways the ones who loved me treated
me — like my inadequate boyfriend breaking up
with me right before I stood up in a wedding,
or another strangling me because I wanted to go
out on Saint Patrick’s Day. Tell me what is fair
when I hear catcalls from strangers, or feel
stares from men as I walk down the street. ... This
is when I must remember: inhumane behavior
may come from viruses within, but don’t forget:
those inhumane, aren’t entirely human after all.

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