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plush horse stories ice cream parlor, candy shop, bakery, 1986-1990 work stories four syllables tuesday nights were regular working nights for me, and in the winter time the ice cream parlor never had any business. so i worked with vince, a regular guy, like me, well, regular, like me, not like me because he’s a guy, because i’m a woman, you know. wait, so anyway, i’d work with vince and john, and john was like a marine wanna-be, a real tough guy that obsessed over his body. not a real intellect. harmless, funny in his machismo, i guess. so once we were sitting around, i’m talking to john and john’s got his back to vince, talking to me, and i must have made some sort of cut-down to john, and i knew he wouldn’t understand what i said, but then he looked at me and he said, “elaborate.” and vince and i just burst out laughing, and i said, “ooh, johnny learned a new word at school today,” and vince was holding up four fingers and mouthing, “four! four syllables!” john never saw vince. vince and i were both so impressed, john had a fifty cent word. we were laughing so hard. Copyright Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.

Watch the YouTube video 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 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