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video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersJuly 2017 Book Release Reading 7/5/17, where she read her poems “Elephants Carry the World”, “Update 2011 on the Man who Loved Me”, “Under Constant Supervision” and “You’ve Left Me on Siesta Beach” for her “Revealed” book reading @ Austin’s Half Price Books Community Poetry (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Update 2011 on the Man Who Loved Me” (originally performed in the IPB show), “Ruminating” (originally performed in the “Celebrating with Song” show), “Guilt” and “Dreams Turned Into Nightmares” (originally performed in the Evanston “Striking with Nature and Humanity” show), all read from her v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge” for the 2019 Poetry Bomb 4/29/19 at Circle Brewery (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Update 2011 on the Man Who Loved Me” (originally performed in the IPB show), “Ruminating” (originally performed in the “Celebrating with Song” show), “Guilt” and “Dreams Turned Into Nightmares” (originally performed in the Evanston “Striking with Nature and Humanity” show), all read from her v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge” for the 2019 Poetry Bomb 4/29/19 at Circle Brewery (Panasonic Lumix T56; Sepia).

Update 2011
on the Man who Loved me

Janet Kuypers
06/28/11

It’s approaching
the anniversary
since you died

but the anniversary
of the date we started dating
is closer

and though we dated
I never got too close
because I knew you’d pass away
at an early age

though I didn’t know
it would be that early

I never got too close
you told me you loved me
and I think I hurt you
when I said I couldn’t reciprocate

I think I felt the way you did
but I couldn’t take the final leap

But I remember how you said
you loved me
then you would break up with me

it wouldn’t break my heart, of course
it’d piss me off
when I knew I was better than you
and you had the audacity
to break up with me

but it’s approaching that anniversary now
and all I wonder now
is how many chemicals they used in you
to preserve you,
before they buried you
and I wonder how well your flesh has held up
after you started to decompose

I’m sorry,
I don’t want to think of you as decomposing
but I don’t want to think of you as dead

so
do I need an update
or do I need these reminders
as it approaches our anniversary


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