[the Writing of Kuypers][JanetKuypers.com][Bio][Poems][Prose]

wouldn’t have to whenever i hurt myself playing when i was little, roller skating or bicycling in the driveway, mom would usually do one of two things: she’d either try to make me laugh by asking, “did you crack the cement?”, or say she’d cry for me, or get mad for me, and then she’d pout, so I wouldn’t have to U.S. Government Copyright Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers on all art and all writings on this site completed before 6/6/04. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.