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live at the show Questions in a World Without Answers 10/05/04, Chicago
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Russians at a Garage Sale”, “Private Lives 1”, and “Private Lives 4” from her performance art poetry collection book “Chapter 38 v1” live at Recycled Reads 7/21/18 (this video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Russians at a Garage Sale”, “Private Lives 1”, and “Private Lives 4” from her performance art poetry collection book “Chapter 38 v1” live at Recycled Reads 7/21/18 (this video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

Private Lives IV

the elevated train, Chicago, Illinois

you can hear the gears
speeding up
slowing down

I have seen into other’s lives

a woman with two children
one sitting in a stroller
one standing
get on the train

she pulls the scarf
from around her neck
the gloves off

she reaches into her bag
finds a square of folded tin foil
carefully opens
pulls out a tissue

folds the tin foil
puts it away
wipes the children’s noses

the standing child sees writing
on the back of her Batman doll

“What does it say?” “Made in China.”
“Is that his name?”

this was the window
I was looking through


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