poem “Justice”, poem written after the death of C Ra McGuirt By Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

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Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Elixirs of the gods”, “Gods want their life to end”, and “Justice” from the v101 11/22 Down in the Dirt issue/book “Reaching for the Stars” (that are also slated to appear in the 2023 CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Testament”) on 11/2/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Elixirs of the gods”, “Gods want their life to end”, and “Justice” from the v101 11/22 Down in the Dirt issue/book “Reaching for the Stars” (that are also slated to appear in the 2023 CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Testament”) on 11/2/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “The Paths Less Traveled” book poems “Elixirs of the gods”, “Gods want their life to end”, and “Justice” (all also slated for section 2 of the CyberWit.net 2023 book “Testament”), and closing with her poem “middle eastern man in front of me” on 3/1/23 (the 1st Wednesday of the month, 1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linked in, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This was also released as a Facebook live video stream (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Justice
Janet Kuypers
6/18/22
The last time I came to you
I came to you as justice
I thought justice would do
That justice was all we needed
and, of course, I came
With my Holy Grail
As I knew you will fill my cup
Until my cup runneth over
And all that time you never spoke to me
About the justice you needed
And you never told me
How I could assist
You only briefly spoke to me
Of your pain, your suffering, so long ago
Why you wouldn’t dare speak of it now
Remains a mystery to me
Unless you knew there was nothing
Us mere mortals could do
So I tromped around
Holding my scales, speaking
Of justice for our United States
When our soldiers are poised to attack
(Since that is all us Americans
Understand as justice now)
But I never knew how to get
Justice for you
When in the end all you’d do
Is refill my cup, ‘til it ran over

Copyright © Janet Kuypers.

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