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See YouTube video of the 6/20/15 Janet Kuypers show “Poetic Shades of Chocolate” in 10 Shades of Chocolate in 10 Shades of Chocolate in Chicago, w/ the poems Under his Bed, oxygen to flame the fire, Fuming in the Morning, PDQ in Tin Foil 2015, melted marshmallow 2015, grandmother charged with murder 2015, Before Taking Over the Controls 2015, and Empty Chocolate Counter (this video was filmed from a Canon fs200 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersinstagram

See YouTube video of the 6/20/15 Janet Kuypers show “Poetic Shades of Chocolate” in 10 Shades of Chocolate in 10 Shades of Chocolate in Chicago, w/ the poems Under his Bed, oxygen to flame the fire, Fuming in the Morning, PDQ in Tin Foil 2015, melted marshmallow 2015, grandmother charged with murder 2015, Before Taking Over the Controls 2015, and Empty Chocolate Counter (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow

Download these poems in the free chapbook Poetic Shades of Chocolate w/ poems read 6/20/15 at 10 Shades of Chocolate show in Chicago

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Poetic Shades of Chocolate” poems “Fuming in the Morning”, “Oxygen to Flame the Fire”, and “Under His Bed”, all read from her 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey” at “Poetry Aloud” open mic 11/10/18 (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Poetic Shades of Chocolate” poems “Fuming in the Morning”, “Oxygen to Flame the Fire”, and “Under His Bed”, all read from her 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey” at “Poetry Aloud” open mic 11/10/18 (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

Under his Bed Janet Kuypers 5/27/15 We hadn’t dated that long, we’re not that close... and he brought me to his bedroom, sat me down on his bed, said he had something to show me. My legs are now hanging over the side of his bed and he says, “Hold on a minute” and he gets on his knees. And I’m thinking, “What does he want to show me?” But then, while he’s on his knees, he reached under his bed. I was sitting there, my legs were dangling over the edge and I couldn’t see what he was doing — until he got up off the floor and placed the black objects on the bed. “What is this?” I ask. “They’re knee pads,” he answered. So he’s brought me to his bedroom, I’m sitting on his bed, and he’s showing me knee pads. There was no explanation, he just brought me to his bed to show me knee pads. So my mind goes into overdrive. Why did he bring me in here to show me these? I mean, we’re not that close, we haven’t dated that long, but is this something he needs for some sort of sexual act? Is he concerned about my scraped knees if I’m getting him off? My eyes were saucers, and all I could ask was, “What are these for?” He started to grin. “I just got roller blades,” he answered, which I hadn't seen and didn’t know. But as I said, we hadn’t dated that long, we’re not that close, so all I could think when he brought me to his bedroom and showed me new gear he kept under his bed, all I thought was that this was the most bizarre way to ask someone for the first time for safe sex.

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