poem Children, Churches, and Daddies, daddy beer church gay communion poem By Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

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“Children, Churches and Daddies” in Nashville TN after her Tag Team feature reading

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of Janet Kuypers reading “Scars” and “Children, Churches and Daddies” in Nashville TN 5/18/13 after the Tag Team feature reading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Children, Churches and Daddies (in books Life on the Edge, or It All Comes Down, or Hope Chest in the Attic, or Oeuvre, or Janet and Jean Together) in Chicago 11/24/13 (C) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Children, Churches and Daddies (in the chapbook “Attacking with Poetry”) 4/27/14 (C) at Chicago’s 2014 Poetry Bomb (in Lincoln Square)

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of Janet Kuypers reading 3 poems, Too Far, the Burning and Children, Churches and Daddies 9/16/15 at In One Ear open mic in Chicago (Cfs)

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of Janet Kuypers reading 3 poems, Too Far, the Burning and Children, Churches and Daddies 9/16/15 at In One Ear open mic in Chicago (Cps)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Children, Churches and Daddies 10/6/15 at Quenchers in Chicago (Cfs)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Children, Churches and Daddies 10/6/15 at Quenchers in Chicago (Cps)

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of Janet Kuypers reading 5 poems: Once Wanted You as my Friend, Escaping Every Cage, and a Scars medley (based on parts of the prose poem Scars and the poems Scars 1997 and Scars 2000, then Too Far and Children, Churches and Daddies 10/6/15 at Quenchers open mic in Chicago

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of Janet Kuypers reading 5 poems: Once Wanted You as my Friend, Escaping Every Cage, and a Scars medley (based on parts of the prose poem Scars and the poems Scars 1997 and Scars 2000, then Too Far and Children, Churches and Daddies 10/6/15 at Quenchers open mic in Chicago

Children,
Churches,
and Daddies
And the little girl said to me,
“I thought only daddies drank
beer.” And I found myself
trying to make excuses for the can
in my hand. I remember being
in the church, a guest at a
wedding of two people
I didn’t know. My date pointed
out two little boys
walking to their seats in
front of us. In little suits and
cowboy boots, this is what
is central Illinois. And my date
said he was sure those boys
would grow up to be gay. And
the worst part was their father
was the coach of the high school
football team. I think I
laughed, but I hesitated.
I remember being in the
church, it was Christmas
Eve, my date’s family went up
for communion, and all I could think
was that singing the hymns was
hard enough, I don’t know the
words, what am I doing here,
what am I supposed to do? And I
stayed seated, and everyone else
slowly walked to the front of the
church. Little soldiers in a
little line, the little children
in their little dresses walking
behind their mommies and
daddies. And the little girl
said, “I thought only daddies
drank beer.” And I found myself
trying to make excuses.

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Life on the Edge, 2007 ccd collection book, front cover

It All Comes Down, 2007 Janet Kuypers book, front cover

Rising to the Surface, 2007 Janet Kuypers book, front cover