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Ten and Ten, Plus Two

Janet Kuypers
edited from 7 and 7, plus 18
07/19/10

maybe I’m not a writer
maybe I’m not an artist
maybe I’m an observer

but it is as if the Gods are paying me back for everything
by giving me
you

and with you I have walked on the tops of glaciers
with you I have watched solar storms
from near the Arctic Circle
we’ve even held hands on the Great Wall of China

as I said before,
I’m only an observer
and with these observations,
I thee wed
because I will never let you go

I’ve seen galaxies collide
I’ve seen comets smash into planets
I’ve seen supernovas and the death of stars
and in all of that, I still found you

as I said, I’m only an observer
but I’ve found what I’ve been looking for

so I’ll tighten my grip on your hand
because I don’t ever want to let you go


Copyright © 2010 Janet Kuypers.

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video video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her observer’s improv (C, based on the poems seven and seven, plus eighteen, observations: nine and six, ten and ten, plus two, eleven and two, plus eight, and observer’s love poem) live 10/7/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery


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