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Watch the YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Ask Me if I’m a Truck”, published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the main camera

Watch the YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Ask Me if I’m a Truck”, published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the mini camera

See feature-length YouTube video 06/26/11 of the majority of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the main camera

See feature-length YouTube video 06/26/11 of ~45 minutes of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the mini cam

See Janet Kuypers’ YouTube video 5/28/17 reading her poems “Ask Me if I’m a Truck”, “I Want” and “Killing the Survivor Bug<” with accompanying live music from Rich Xperience at the “Kick Butt Poetry” open mic in Austin (this video was filmed from a Lumix camera).

See Janet Kuypers’ YouTube video 5/28/17 reading her poems “Ask Me if I’m a Truck”, “I Want” and “Killing the Survivor Bug” with accompanying live music from Rich Xperience at the “Kick Butt Poetry” open mic in Austin (this video was filmed from a Sony camera).

plush horse stories ice cream parlor, candy shop, bakery, 1986-1990 work stories ask me if i’m a truck so i worked in the summer time part time with about ten guys (since guys were stronger, they could scoop ice cream better, that was the idea). but they all screwed off when they were at work. they’d always write up signs and tape them to each other’s backs. Once i wrote on the back of candy box paper, “i’m a boy with raging hormones” and for about an hour every customer had a good laugh at matt’s expense. but my favorite was put on john’s back once. you see, john used to tell everyone the same joke; he’d say to you, “ask me if i’m a truck,” and when you’d ask him if he was a truck, he’d look real perplexed and say, “no.” like, why did you ask him that? so anyway, we got a sign on his back once that said “ask me if i’m a truck” and when all the customers did he got real confused. it was hysterical. Copyright Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.