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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 2/24/18 reading her poems “Dreams 12/22/08, the Indescribable Infant”, “He Told me His Dreams 7”, and “Dreams 09/17/06, Dad Talking to Me” from her book “When you Dream Tonight” live at “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 2/24/18 reading her poems “Dreams 12/22/08, the Indescribable Infant”, “He Told me His Dreams 7”, and “Dreams 09/17/06, Dad Talking to Me” from her book “When you Dream Tonight” live at “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Dreams 12/22/08 the indescribable infant is it a fish? is it an animal? is it human? Janet Kuypers, 12/22/08 i don’t know if i was sitting on a bed or not but i was near a sink and there was a small animal of some sort laying on a plastic curved sheet i don’t know, it couldn’t be longer than my hand and it was laying there like it was a newborn and the only thing I could think to do was clean it like it was a newborn that needed to be cleaned so I ran the water in the sink until it was a tepid temperature and i brought this animal             i don’t know what it was,             it looked like it had a more human head             but i can’t remember legs on it             and i couldn’t tell you the sex of the creature then i brought the indescribable infant             and the curved plastic sheet to the sink and just ran a little of the water to clean off the front and back i saw what looked like it could have been fecal matter wash off with the water so i ran a little more water again did this a few more times until i apparently ran enough to make the indescribable infant start to slide down the curved plastic sheet it started to sit upright after it slid and i could see the look in its face and it was about to cry it almost seemed like a human cry, but i think there were no legs but i looked panicked with this indescribable infant as it started to whimper, about to cry so i instinctively picked it up it still wasn’t clean, but i didn’t care and i tried to put it against my chest to help the indescribable infant to make it feel better in this new world Copyright © 2008 Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.