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2012 translation of What the Hell is She Complaining About - in Slovak: “Na čo sa do pekla sťažuje”

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Watch this YouTube video (2:40) from the Chicago performance art show {Stripped} live 06/07/05

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem What the Hell is she Complaining About live 8/13/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem What the Hell is she Complaining About live 8/13/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem What the Hell is she Complaining About live 1/6/16 at Rad Radam Open Stage in Austin TX (Nikon).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem What the Hell is she Complaining About live 1/6/16 at Rad Radam Open Stage in Austin TX (Canon ).

What the Hell is She Complaining About i can’t go around telling people about what you did to me you see, nobody wants to hear it and nobody wants to hear a girl whining         what the hell’s she complaining about anyway? but you know, nobody knows the effects of what you’ve done nobody knows that I showered for weeks no, months to try to feel clean after you did that to me nobody knows why i have violent fits of rage how I’d hit the wall, rip up the plaster you want to know what i think of men now? you want to know their place in my life now? you see, i didn’t know what else to do so i became the rapist and now i let men do nice things for me but i always keep them at a safe distance i never let them get too close because i don’t care how nice you are i’ll always keep you at arm’s length i learned my lesson so yeah, you had an effect on me and i have to bottle it all up because no one wants to hear the details i mean, i wasn’t physically injured what the hell could i be complaining about anyway? but you know, there are times when i wish you left a mark, like a bee sting or something, so people could see a welt from what you had done wait, no, i take that back i’d wish i was stung by a bee and i was allergic to bees because then my blood pressure would drop, my pulse would get rapid, i’d fall into anaphylactic shock my skin would turn white before I got the the hospital as they tried to keep me alive all because of a bee sting while everyone else is thinking, a bee sting, what the hell is she complaining about Copyright Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.