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Watch this YouTube video afé in Chicago 06/22/10

Watch this YouTube video of part two of the “40” show live at the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10

Watch this YouTube video of part 2 of the “40” show w/ camera 2 @ the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10

Watch the Full Video from camera #1 as a downloadable mp4 file, live at the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10, from the Internet Archive.

Watch the Full Video from camera #2 as a downloadable mp4 file, live at the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10, from the Internet Archive.

Watch this YouTube video of this poem read live at the 07/19/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago (for her book Close Cover Before Striking)

Watch this YouTube video of the intro to the 07/19/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, & 3 poems (including this one) from her book Close Cover Before Striking

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ Book Release Reading 4/5/17 of cc&d book poetry in Austin’s National Poetry Month Community Poetry at Half Price Books, including “Viewing the Woman in a 19th Century Photograph” from the Statue, “I’m Really Going This Time” from Give What You Can, “Human Construct of Time” from Sea Drift, “White Knuckled” from Forever Bound, “Entire Town’s Baseball Team” from Suggested Torture, “Jabbed in an Open Nerve” from Idea, “Observing Theories of the Universe” from Idea, and “Entering the Lake of Fire” from Nighttime City (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ Book Release Reading 4/5/17 of cc&d book poetry in Austin’s National Poetry Month Community Poetry at Half Price Books, including “Viewing the Woman in a 19th Century Photograph” from the Statue, “I’m Really Going This Time” from Give What You Can, “Human Construct of Time” from Sea Drift, “White Knuckled” from Forever Bound, “Entire Town’s Baseball Team” from Suggested Torture, “Jabbed in an Open Nerve” from Idea, “Observing Theories of the Universe” from Idea, and “Entering the Lake of Fire” from Nighttime City (this video filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera and given a Posterize filter).

i’m really going this time i pack my bags say i’m really going this time you throw my bags scream at me to leave before you get more violent and you mean it this time i’m sitting in my car outside the hotel see you at the window holding the drapes back why do i have to think that means you care? why do i come back, asking you if you realize what you’ve done to me, if you realize what you’re about to lose. i’ll bet you think you’ll call me once and everything will be forgotten. other times, yes, i’ve forgiven you. i’ve come back. but i can’t take being thrown to the ground, strangled. when i realize what i lost that night, i’m scared. but i have to remember that you lost more. you lost me. i’m really going this time, and you won’t see me again. carry this with you, always. this pain, like the pain you’ve given me. you won’t see me. carry this. Copyright Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.