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video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Original Sin and Unholy Ways” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 cc&d issue collection book anthology “The World Outside”, then her poems “Nitrogen”, “Nitrogen in my veins”, and “Scandium, Held Tightly” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” 4/6/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for and in honor of the “Community Poetry” reading (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Original Sin and Unholy Ways” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 cc&d issue collection book anthology “The World Outside”, then her poems “Nitrogen”, “Nitrogen in my veins”, and “Scandium, Held Tightly” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” 4/6/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for and in honor of the “Community Poetry” reading (this video was filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a Lava Lamp filter). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersbookreading

Original Sin and
      Unholy Ways

Janet Kuypers
11/1/19

why is it
that I always instinctively
feel at peace
whenever I enter
a buddhist temple,
but I could never
feel at peace
whenever I’d enter
a christian church

please, don’t talk to me
about original sin
when I see the unholy ways
some christians act

so why don’t you
meditate on that


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