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See YouTube video 4/21/19 on Easter of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Genesis Six-Nine: an Apocalypse/Doomsday Prepper’s Take” on the last day the restaurant “Opal Divine’s Marina” in Austin (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video 4/21/19 on Easter of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Genesis Six-Nine: an Apocalypse/Doomsday Prepper’s Take”, on the last day the restaurant “Opal Divine’s Marina” in Austin (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Posterize filter).

See YouTube video 4/21/19 on Easter of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Genesis Six-Nine: an Apocalypse/Doomsday Prepper’s Take”, on the last day the restaurant “Opal Divine’s Marina” in Austin (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Threshold filter).

See YouTube video 4/21/19 on Easter of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Genesis Six-Nine: an Apocalypse/Doomsday Prepper’s Take”, on the last day the restaurant “Opal Divine’s Marina” in Austin (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Edge Detection).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 12/4/19 reading her Genesis poetry from the cc&d v293 Nov./Dec. 2019 issue/book “Coiled Cobra”, including her poems “Genesis Six-Nine: an Apocalypse/Doomsday Prepper’s Take”, “Genesis Eleven: the Tower of Babble”, and “Genesis Eighteen to Nineteen”, then eventually her Veterans Day poem “Keep our Country and Save Ourselves”,all read live (interspersed with Thom poetry) during her December 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books in Austin (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera); video posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 12/4/19 reading her Genesis poetry from the cc&d v293 Nov./Dec. 2019 issue/book “Coiled Cobra”, including her poems “Genesis Six-Nine: an Apocalypse/Doomsday Prepper’s Take”, “Genesis Eleven: the Tower of Babble”, and “Genesis Eighteen to Nineteen”, then eventually her Veterans Day poem “Keep our Country and Save Ourselves”,all read live (interspersed with Thom poetry) during her December 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books in Austin (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera); video posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems &“Genesis Six-Nine: an Apocalypse/Doomsday Prepper’s Take”, “Genesis Eleven: the Tower of Babble”, and “Genesis Eighteen to Nineteen” from the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d issue collection book “Imagery of Place”, as one of the readings in her February 2020 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems &“Genesis Six-Nine: an Apocalypse/Doomsday Prepper’s Take”, “Genesis Eleven: the Tower of Babble”, and “Genesis Eighteen to Nineteen” from the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d issue collection book “Imagery of Place”, as one of the readings in her February 2020 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Genesis Six-Nine: an Apocalypse /Doomsday Prepper’s Take”, “Genesis Eleven: the Tower of Babble”, “Genesis Eighteen to Nineteen”, and “Keep Our Country and Save Ourselves” from the v293 “Coiled Cobra” section in the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” for The Café Gallery 9/1/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Genesis Six-Nine: an Apocalypse/Doomsday Prepper’s Take”, “Genesis Eleven: the Tower of Babble”, “Genesis Eighteen to Nineteen”, and “Keep Our Country and Save Ourselves” from the v293 “Coiled Cobra” section in the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” for The Café Gallery 9/1/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (from a Samsung S9 camera).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Genesis One”, “Genesis Two and Three”, and “Genesis Four: Cain and Abel, and sin from killing”, “Genesis Six-Nine: an Apocalypse/Doomsday Prepper’s Take”, “Genesis Eleven: the Tower of Babble”, and “Genesis Eighteen to Nineteen” from the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers 2023 poetry book “Testament” on 4/30/23 in front of St. Mary’s Cathedral in Austin for the 2023 Poetry Bomb (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). You can also enjoy this YouTube video that was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). You can also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream that was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetrybomb

Genesis Six-Nine:     an Apocalypse/     Doomsday     Prepper’s Take Janet Kuypers 1/9/19 Everyone’s been seeing the signs. People who believe in global warming are screaming that tornados, typhoons, hurricanes and tsunamis are on the rise — and you know, they’re probably right. I mean, whatever you think is the cause, somethin’s most definitely up. And if nature’s not the culprit, then it’s the evil of man. You think I’m wrong? Then hear me out... floods may destroy the U.S. eastern coast, and sure, that sucks, but if humans weren’t so stupid to build so close to shore they’d be fine. And California wildfires destroy tons of trees and homes, but if the Government would allow brush clearing, those fires wouldn’t spread so damn fast. But if it’s not humans and weather then it’s humans taking religious sides and attacking each other for it. Muslim terrorists want to destroy Christianity because of their wealth, Christians want to bomb abortion clinics, then throw some anti-Semitism into the pot — and trust me, there’s a lot of hatred there — mix it in with past burning of witches (translation: hatred of women because they were smart) and it amounts to the hatred and evil in all mankind. I can remember the paranoia starting with nuclear bomb shelters (and don’t forget the insane duck- and-cover mentality to appease the ignorant). I mean, Japan’s Godzilla was even a metaphor for nuclear weapons, to show ultimate destruction — no matter who started it — that man couldn’t control. Listen to this: school shootings are happening about once every ten days now. Do you really need me to argue that the planet’s goin’ down the tubes? I mean, I know that now we may be living longer and longer, but the wickedness of man grips at my heart, and I fear the end is near. I truly believe my only option for real grace in these times is to prepare myself for the end, so I can survive it, and we can start this world anew. I mean, I can’t repent for what others have done, for the violence, for the corruption; I can only try to be righteous, and try to help the ones I love to save us — and even wildlife — from total destruction. I’ll build a shelter. I’ll use gopher wood, or cypress wood, I’ll waterproof it — think of my covering this shelter as atoning for all we may have done, so we can survive, so we can start anew in a barren new world. So now, okay, I’ve stockpiled, I’m ready, with MREs (meals ready to eat), water rations, basic first aid, even stuff saved to make fire, or to preserve stuff too. We’ll be happy to wait, days, months, to be free again. And don’t call me crazy, but if you do, that’s fine too. It’ll be me saving humanity, and all animals on earth. And when I open my shelter, the birds will fly free, and every creeping thing can creep upon the earth again. I will build again, because I have been delivered. I have learned that cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease, but what will cease in my heart is the killing of man. When I shed human blood, I shed my own, and if I love life, I love all life. This is my covenant with me and man and the earth. I will plant again, make my family — and the world — grow, until I die.

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