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from Death Comes In Threes, live 03/18/03 in Chicago
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video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 3 poetry readings for Community Poetry at Half Price Books 10/2/19. In part 1, Janet Kuypers reads her poem “Ends of the Earth”, then her poems based on The Bible: “Genesis One”, “Genesis Two and Three”, and “Genesis Four: Cain and Abel, and sin from killing”, then her poem “Listen to Life”, all read from the cc&d v292 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “In The Fall”. In part 2, Janet Kuypers reads her poems “Someone Give Me the Answers” and “Their Crutches” from the 3/18/03 poetry show “Death Comes In Threes”, then her poems #8220;Touch (2019 edit)” and Explosive Energy”, all read from the Down in the Dirt v166 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “Climate Change” - then she read her poems “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces”, “Just the Right Words”, “Vastness of Just the Right Moon”, and her two Notre Dame poems “Xystus to Foundation” and “Xyresic Flames”, all read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In part 3, Janet Kuypers reads her poems “”, “Eat Your Words”, “Xenon and PTSD, to Fight that Spiral”, and “Kept my Eye on You”, all read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 3 poetry readings for Community Poetry at Half Price Books 10/2/19. In part 1, Janet Kuypers reads her poem “Ends of the Earth”, then her poems based on The Bible: “Genesis One”, “Genesis Two and Three”, and “Genesis Four: Cain and Abel, and sin from killing”, then her poem “Listen to Life”, all read from the cc&d v292 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “In The Fall”. In part 2, Janet Kuypers reads her poems “Someone Give Me the Answers” and “Their Crutches” from the 3/18/03 poetry show “Death Comes In Threes”, then her poems #8220;Touch (2019 edit)” and Explosive Energy”, all read from the Down in the Dirt v166 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “Climate Change” - then she read her poems “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces”, “Just the Right Words”, “Vastness of Just the Right Moon”, and her two Notre Dame poems “Xystus to Foundation” and “Xyresic Flames”, all read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In part 3, Janet Kuypers reads her poems “”, “Eat Your Words”, “Xenon and PTSD, to Fight that Spiral”, and “Kept my Eye on You”, all read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

Their Crutches

October 28, 1998

should they tell you in advance what it's like
to go through what you're about to go through?

having an operation
they’ll keep you drugged most of the time
you’ll be unconscious for the operation
you’ll be stuck in a hospital bed
for longer than you want

but this is supposed to be
            what’s best for you,
            that’s what they tell you

you could be tired of being in the hospital
you might want more visitors

no one will know
what to say
everything will think
            you need rest, you need help
            even if you’re sure
            you don’t need their crutches

I didn’t say it would be easy
and I haven’t done this before

maybe I can say that
I’m sure that I’ll visit

and I’m sure you’ll be fine
I know you’ll want to hear that


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