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See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku “guard” (written 9/26, on and for National Situational Awareness Day), then her poems “Vampires and Blood-Sucking Mosquitos Alike” (written 10/6, on and for Garlic Lover’s Day), “From Orpheus to Nuking the Moon” (for mid-October’s Astronomy Day), “Kill with Impunity” (written 10/7, on and for the 1900 birthday of Heinrich Himmler), “Octopi and Brains” and “Octopi Target McDonald’s” (for 10/8, World Octopus Day), “Because of Fire” (written 10/8, on and for the start of the 1871 Great Chicago Fire, that lasted 2 days), “Judging the Chicago Seven” (written 10/9, on and for the day of the beginning of the 1969 trial against the Chicago Seven), and “‘the Robot Zombie Witch Girl’ revisited” (for 10/10, National Zombie Day) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 10/6/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed 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 haiku “guard”, then her poems “Vampires and Blood-Sucking Mosquitos Alike”, “From Orpheus to Nuking the Moon”, “Kill with Impunity”, “Octopi and Brains” and “Octopi Target McDonald’s”, “Because of Fire”, “Judging the Chicago Seven”, and “‘the Robot Zombie Witch Girl’ revisited” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 10/6/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (video filmed & streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera).

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vampires and Blood-Sucking Mosquitos Alike” from the cc&d 10/20 v302 book “Wildflowers” and her poems “Noble Cause” and “One hundred-fifty years. What did we learn.” from the Down in the Dirt 10/20 v176 book “The End of the World” live 10/7/20 during the prepandemic times for “Comunity Poetry” (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 poem “Vampires and Blood-Sucking Mosquitos Alike” from the cc&d 10/20 v302 book “Wildflowers” and her poems “Noble Cause” and “One hundred-fifty years. What did we learn.” from the Down in the Dirt 10/20 v176 book “The End of the World” live 10/7/20 during the prepandemic times for “Comunity Poetry” (streamed on a Samsung S9 camera).

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vampires and Blood-Sucking Mosquitos Alike” from the Scars Publications cc&d 9-12 2020 issue collection book anthology “Roll the Bones” at Johnny Carino’s for The Café Gallery 2/24/21 Book Reading in The Café Gallery Book Reading series 2020+ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).  #janetkuypers   #janetkuyperspoem   #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vampires and Blood-Sucking Mosquitos Alike” from the Scars Publications cc&d 9-12 2020 issue collection book anthology “Roll the Bones” at Johnny Carino’s for The Café Gallery 2/24/21 Book Reading in The Café Gallery Book Reading series 2020+ (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).   #janetkuypers   #janetkuyperspoetry   #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Vampires and Blood-Sucking                       Mosquitos Alike Janet Kuypers 10/6/19, on Garlic Lover’s Day Once out for a walk in a forest preserve one summer, we walked as a couple with the breeze under the trees, but my date kept complaining that many mosquitos were biting him like mad. They weren’t bothering me... he guessed it was because I was female, but I guessed that it was because of all the garlic I recently ate. Because like vampires, these blood-sucking mosquitos have a deathly fear of garlic, which is just another benefit to this good-for-you and amazing tasting food. The only downside may be the smell. Though although garlic smell may annoy, it may not shake your annoying relatives who would rather complain than give you peace. So add it to whatever you like, and know that you’re doing something good for you too. Because how can you go wrong when one of the oldest cultivated plants was worshipped by the Egyptians as a god and was even used as currency. Garlic gave strength and courage to Greek athletes and warriors, so don’t bother cooking mine. I’m feeling adventurous.

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