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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 4/10/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Canon camera)

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 4/10/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Sony camera)

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers Periodic Table mini feature 4/10/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago with this poem, with the HA!Man of South Africa 2011 Hotel music “All Fall Down” in the background (this video was filmed from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetry

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers Periodic Table mini feature 4/10/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, with the HA!Man of South Africa 2011 Hotel music in the background, of “All Fall Down” (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetry

See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 4/10/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, starting and ending w/ her poetry mini features, with this poem

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem in her mini feature “Mega Reading” 4/13/13 at the Art Colony in Chicago (Sony)

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem in her mini feature “Mega Reading” 4/13/13 at the Art Colony in Chicago (Canon)

See this YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers Periodic Table “Mega Reading” 4/13/13 at the Art Colony in Chicago with her 5 poems “Touching Cobalt”, “Bismuth”, “Cadmium”, “Manganese” and “Cesium” (Sony; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetry

See this YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers Periodic Table “Mega Reading” 4/13/13 at the Art Colony in Chicago with her 5 poems “Touching Cobalt”, “Bismuth”, “Cadmium”, “Manganese” and “Cesium” (Canon; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetry

Download this poem in the free chapbook Mega Reading, w/ Periodic Table poems read live 4/13/13 at the Art Colony in Chicago

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Carbon” (C, #6), “Cadmium” (Cd, #48), and “Gold” (Au, #79) from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry” 1/20/18 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Carbon” (C, #6), “Cadmium” (Cd, #48), and “Gold” (Au, #79) from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry” 1/20/18 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Manganese” and “Cadmium” from her “Mega Reading” poetry feature 4/13/13 at the Art Colony in Chicago, then her poem “Iron in my Eyes” from her “In Homage” feature reading, all read from her v5 cc&d poetry book “On the Edge” 1/19/19 at “Recycled Reads” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Manganese” and “Cadmium” from her “Mega Reading” poetry feature 4/13/13 at the Art Colony in Chicago, then her poem “Iron in my Eyes” from her “In Homage” feature reading, all read from her v5 cc&d poetry book “On the Edge” 1/19/19 at “Recycled Reads” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v338 10/23 cc&d issue/book “All They Ever Were” poems “Question and Answer time” (+ images 1, 2, & 3, & the poem is also in the 2023 CyberWit.net book “Testament”), “Cadmium and Cancer” (+ images 1 & 2, & the poem is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), & “Cadmium” (+ show images 1 and 2, + image, & the poem is also in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”) to start her “Poetic License 10/1/23 global open mic” she hosted in a Zoom meeting & a Facebook event page (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this video as a Facebook live video stream that was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, & Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Cadmium Janet Kuypers from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series (#048, Cd) (stemming from “You’ve Already Paid for This”, written 09/14/09) 3/28/13 The battered woman entered the all-night gas station/grocery store. The attendant sees the man waiting in the car. He looks tense and angry. The attendant looks at the woman. “Marlboros,” is all she said. The attendant glances at the car, then looks at the rows of cigarettes over the counter. The woman says, “it’s for my husband.” The attendant asks, “Which kind?” The woman absent-mindedly says “Red.” The attendant reaches for the package. The attendant thinks that even though there is more of the poisonous Cadmium in the food we eat, the Cadmium’s easily absorbed when you breathe it in through these smokes. Studies have even found links between Cadmium and cancer, the attendant thinks. So the attendant looks at the woman hands her the cancer sticks, and thinks, “you’ve probably already paid for this.” Even though Cadmium is used for pigments, or nickel Cadmium batteries, smokers get four to five times more Cadmium in their blood, and two to three times more Cadmium in their kidneys. The woman closes her purse. The attendant closes the register. Give it time, was all the attendant thought as the woman left.

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