[the Writing of Kuypers] [JanetKuypers.com] [Bio] [Poems] [Prose]
  See YouTube video read live 10/11/11 at the Café in her mini-feature of Contents Under Pressure book poems |
See YouTube video of the her mini-feature INCLUDING THIS POEM (with background base by John Yotko) live 10/11/11 at the Café |
Enjoy this YouTube video on 4/27/25 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Coslow’s”, “Gasoline”, “Best Friend”, “Pushed Aside”, “A Socially Accepted Target”, & “QLG 647” that
were never before shared for the book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling” at Prost Alehouse during the 2025 Poetry Bomb (from video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter/X, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).Also enjoy this YouTube video 
that was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix FZ300 camera; on Facebook, Twitter/X, Linkedin, Pinterest,
Instagram, & Tumblr).Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream that was filmed & streamed w/ a Samsung S24 camera. #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling #janetkuyperspoetrybomb |
Best Friend“I had a best friend once,”I said matter-of-factly, as I stared into the palm of my hand. You laughed my remarks off a sarcasm. So I waited for a silence so that I would have the thrill of breaking it. “I had a best friend once-- and he raped me.” There. You wanted to hear it. How can you break the silence now? I’ve taken away your weapons. Have I taken away your compassion, too? Tell me what good this knowledge does you now. Reminding me doesn’t help, and there’s nothing you can do to make the pain go away. As you sit there in silence, I wonder if there must be someone who can say what needs to be said to me. A best friend, maybe. But if only a best friend can help me now then I would prefer not to be helped. I don’t ever want to find a best friend again.
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