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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems True Happiness in the New Millennium, Just Desperation and Other Souls at the 5 year anniv. of the open mic Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing in Wicker Park, Chicago (Cfs)
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems True Happiness in the New Millennium, Just Desperation and Other Souls at the 5 year anni. of the open mic Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing in Wicker Park, Chicago (Cps)
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Juxtaposition, or Irony?”, “brewery”, and “Just Desperation”, then her haiku poem “rush”, all read from her 2019 poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” live 1/26/20 during the multi-person intro to “Spoken and Heard” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Juxtaposition, or Irony?”, “brewery”, and “Just Desperation”, then her haiku poem “rush”, all read from her 2019 poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” live 1/26/20 during the multi-person intro to “Spoken and Heard” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera and given a Sepia Tone filter; posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

Just Desperation

Janet Kuypers
“two tweets” twitter-length poem 8/3/12
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It’s just desperation
to put up a billboard
that says “AVAILABLE” in all caps,
and then list your phone number.

I mean really,
if you’re that desperate,
no one’s gonna call.


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