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more than stories your grandchildren come over now my nieces, nephews excited to see grandma you give them a treat before they leave candies, cookies they’re not pickles but they remind me of my grandmother the stories i’d hear about how good she was i love her now without ever seeing her face but you see, these kids claire, marshall, joel, edward your grandchildren they get to see you they get to spend time with you they have more than stories they know your face they know your voice they love you now but remember they’ll always love you they’ll always remember they’ll always love you Copyright Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.

Watch this YouTube video listen: (1:06) read live 01/18/11 from the ISSN# & ISBN# book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite, live at the Café in Chicago

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

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