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See the YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Over Hazardous Land” (written 11/10, on and for the Marine Corps birthday), “Keep Our Country and Save Ourselves” (for Veterans Day11/11), “Vanity Plates saying NO WAR” (written 11/11, on and for the 1922 birthday of Kurt Vonnegut), and “Our Waste in Space” (written 11/12, the anniversary of the 1984 date of the first attempt to salvage errant satellites from space) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” live 11/4/20 in honor of “Community Poetry” (this video was from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Over Hazardous Land”, “Keep Our Country and Save Ourselves”, “Vanity Plates saying NO WAR”, and “Our Waste in Space” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” live 11/4/20 in honor of “Community Poetry” (this video was filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Waste in Space”, “Judged on Looks”, “Know Peace and Rise to Power”, “People Forget Politics”, “Unwind and Revere Yourself”, “Expand and Save Yourselves”, and “Queens Rule” from the Down in the Dirt November 2021 v189 issue/paperback book “A Door is A Door is A Door” 11/3/21 at the performance art pavilion at the French Market in New Orleans, LA on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Waste in Space”, “Judged on Looks”, “Know Peace and Rise to Power”, “People Forget Politics”, “Unwind and Revere Yourself”, “Expand and Save Yourselves”, and “Queens Rule” from the Down in the Dirt November 2021 v189 issue/paperback book “A Door is A Door is A Door” 11/3/21 at the performance art pavilion at the French Market in New Orleans, LA on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera with a Sepia Tone filter; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Our Waste in Space Janet Kuypers 11/12/19, the 1984 first attempt to salvage errant satellites from space it seems that when we humans lay claim to any space the first thing we instinctively do is clutter it up because it seems to be our nature to claim something by then leaving our trash all over it, we can’t help it as humans come to dominate a whole new space we leave our waste behind to show how we leave our mark the footprint on the earth with big cities are more than merely streets and buildings and cars, but clutter for when fast-food chains take hold we humans forget how to clean up after ourselves and we toss wrappers and Styrofoam cups, plastic straws, plastic silverware, and even those unrecyclable tops for fountain drinks see the mess so-and-so left behind that is our way to say “so-and-so was here”, it’s how we leave our mark if you think I’m kidding, just try to fly amongst all of the satellites now orbiting earth, with a good portion of them now not even working but we don’t have to worry about debris in outer space do we? because to fly something into outer space just to try to retrieve something lost in space seems way too expensive, and if we don’t see it, why would we need to worry about it anyway because we humans have gotten too used to pitching our old equipment after we get something better, and what do we need that old junk for anyway — we’ve spent our lives overflowing landfills, but outer space, hey, there’s like a ton of space there, I’m sure if we leave a few more satellites spinning out there errantly, no one will know the difference, and as I said, that is just what we humans do we want to build something bigger, faster, stronger, we want to build something better, and when we do we can just let that old stuff float away because... what do we need all that old stuff for anyway

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