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John edited On the other side of the room I sense him through the cigarette smoke, the roar of conversation, and the dim lights. I look at his face, but I can no longer see John. I have dreamt and envisioned a God-like figure. I have imagined his sensitivity and his thoughtfulness. I have felt his hands caress my skin and his lips meet mine. He has held me a thousand times, protecting me. I have rehearsed our moments together in my mind, the moments I’ve created: the candlelight dinners, the dancing, the loving. While never knowing him any more than glimpses of his face across a crowded room. The music blares as I look over my shoulder between the empty faces and see his image laughing, smiling, talking with friends. And my eyes flare with envy. I wonder why he is not with me, but I know the face across the room is not John. It is a door to a dream that will never be. Copyright Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.

Watch this YouTube video live at the Winking Lizard in Ohio 10/10/08

Listen (2:41) (mixed 09/01/09) or hear both version of John: (5:24, mixed 09/01/09) to this poetry, combined with music from the HA!Man of South Africa creating “from Chicago the South Africa”

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (C) reading her poem John (edited) at the open mike 8/4/12 Waiting 4 the Bus in Chicago

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (S) reading her poem John (edited) at the open mike 8/4/12 Waiting 4 the Bus in Chicago

See YouTube video (C) of Janet Kuypers’ 3 poems (“Sheri”, “Where To Go” & “John (edited)”) 8/4/12 at Chicago’s Waiting 4 the Bus

See YouTube video (S) of Janet Kuypers’ 3 poems (“Sheri”, “Where To Go” & “John (edited)”) 48/4/12 at Chicago’s Waiting 4 the Bus