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plush horse stories ice cream parlor, candy shop, bakery, 1986-1990 work stories in a cardboard box so we were talking about out sat and act scores, because were were all the same age and were taking our college entrance exams. so i asked steve what he got on the act test. it’s like a thirty-six point scale, and upper twenties is good enough for a four-year college. and steve said, i got a nine; i tied with the chimp. what a card. then we were talking about this party, and i told him that he should have a party, and he said he couldn’t. why not, i asked, and he said he was homeless, that he lives in a cardboard box. and i said, then why do your parents drive a lincoln town car? and he didn’t have an answer. and i wondered if he sat at home at nights and rehearsed these clever lines for the next day, or if they just came naturally. 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