poem “operation diligence”, a poem written hearing that fighter jets could not be sent to stop a hijacked airplane on 9/11/01 because they were detained in an operation drill called “operation diligence” — and how the military can be in training to protect, making them to busy to ACTUALLY protect people, By Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

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operation diligence
Janet Kuypers
9/8/15
written after hearing that fighter jets could not be sent to stop
a hijacked airplane on 9/11/01 because they were detained
in an operation drill called “operation diligence”
someone was coming to attack
and I had no way to stop them
so I thought someone could help me
I called my nearest government agency
to see if they could save me
and they said
that any troops that could assist me
are in a training mission right now,
called “operation diligence”
which, I’ve learned, is their training
to stop terrible things like this
from happening to people like me
so... they’re detained,
in a practice drill meant to save me,
while I am left here to fend for myself

See YouTube video 9/11/15 of Janet Kuypers at the Chicago’s Roots Room reading her poems operation diligence and Looking fora Worthy Adversary, then singing her original song What we Need in Life, then reading her poem I dreamt about you last night, then covering the 1925 song (a capella) Brother, Can you Spare a Dime, & finishing with her poem Under the Sea (Canon fs200, cropped/saturated w/ sci-fi filter).

See YouTube video 9/11/15 of Janet Kuypers at the Chicago’s Roots Room reading her poems operation diligence and Looking fora Worthy Adversary, then singing her original song What we Need in Life, then reading her poem I dreamt about you last night, then covering the 1925 song (a cappella) Brother, Can you Spare a Dime, & finishing with her poem Under the Sea (Canon fs200, cropped & saturated).

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