poem “Mary’s Perspective””, a poem written after the overturning of Roe v. Wade about (potentially) Mary’s Perspective on How that Whole Jesus thing Turned Out, because people as Christians talk about love and peace and forgiving people, and Jesus may have been about that, but wars have been fought and people have hated and people have killed because of religion and Jesus, so May may wonder, looking at historically what pain and destruction following her son has done, if it would have been a better idea to terminate her pregnancy so that the world isa better place, By Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

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Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Mary’s Perspective on How that Whole Jesus thing Turned Out”, “letter, 4/14/95 one”, “letter, 4/14/95 two”, “letter, 4/14/95 three”, “letter, 4/19/95”, “Us Creative Types”, and “How People Interpret My Words” from the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers 2023 poetry book “Testa ment” on 4/30/23 in front of St. Mary’s Cathedral in Austin for the 2023 Poetry Bomb (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linked in, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This was also released as a Facebook live video stream that was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linked in, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetrybomb

Mary’s Perspective
on How that Whole
Jesus thing Turned Out
Janet Kuypers
11/7/22
People who weren’t even there
Write down their interpretations
Of now mere word-of-mouth stories,
Centuries after anything happened—
So that no one can prove or disprove any truth.
It all becomes speculation—
Words get mixed up when people proselytize,
Leading to every cult— I mean, group of believers—
Having entirely opposing views on right and wrong.
I am just one woman. But people even take
My story and edit it to fit their mold
Of what will woo their masses. I am positive
People can be moral without following my son,
So... seeing what the world has become,
If I knew wars would be fought over centuries
Because of him, if I knew people would be
Filled with hate because of other people’s
Beliefs, if I knew there would be
So much unrest, which is so unjust—
I would have aborted him.
It might have killed me, but... I am just one woman.
I know my one son only spoke of peace, but...
How can we live with ourselves when we know
One life would ultimately lead to this much destruction,
Globally, for eons. This suffering
Is worse than any dictator in history, so...
Maybe I should have aborted my son.
Maybe that would have been the right thing to do.

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