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So Many Lies

Janet Kuypers
revised 2006 for the
6" x 9" ISBN# book
Living in Chaos

I’m so sick of people being condescending
to my face, telling me that I am the one that
doesn’t understand

they understand how they think and
how I think

people I once trusted told me
            well, wait, it is probably more
            accurate to say that everyone tells me
            they tell me, they tell me, they tell me
            over and over again.
people I used to know, people
I used to trust, well, these people
I once trusted told me, tell me, so many
lies about what I know

 


 

So Many Lies

Janet Kuypers
September 17, 1998

I wish that people wouldn’t feel the need
to lie to me so often, I’m so sick of people
being condescending to my face and
telling me that I am the one that

doesn’t understand or feel good

that they understand how they think and
how I think. i’m sure no one has any
idea of how I think. I’m sick of hearing
people that I thought I could believe

because they have nothing to say to

me anymore. they lack something to
say, well, usually.

people I once trusted told me
            well, wait, it is probably more
            accurate to say that everyone tells me
            it’s past, present and future
            they tell me, they tell me, they tell me
            over and over again.

people I used to know, people
I used to trust, well, these people

I once trusted told me so many
lies about what I know about life.

I wish that the understanding
world was easier, I wish that
every once in a while people didn’t
tell me so many lies.


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