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Watch this YouTube video Live at Getting Wired (camera #1 at Starbucks, Chicago, 8/8/09)

Watch this YouTube video Live at Getting Wired (camera #2 at Starbucks, Chicago, 8/8/09)

See the full Getting Wired show video w/ this poem (camera #1) This film is from the Internet Archive

See the full Getting Wired show video w/ this writing (camera #2) This film is from the Internet Archive

Watch this YouTube video of the Omniphonic Challenge at St. Paul’s (de-sanctified church), with John yotko music (on the Canon Camera)

Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers 10/07/11 in the Omniphonic Challenge at St. Paul’s (performing in the de-sanctified church), with John Yotko pre-recorded and live music (from the Sony Camera)

Watch this Complete feature video of the ENTIRE Omniphonic Challenge show 10/07/11 (with this poem) St. Paul’s (de-sanctified church), with John Yotko music (on the Canon Camera)

Watch this Complete feature video of the ENTIRE Omniphonic Challenge show 10/07/11 (with this poem) St. Paul’s (de-sanctified church), with John Yotko music (on the Sony Camera)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Gasoline live 9/18/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Gasoline live 9/18/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

Enjoy this YouTube video on 4/27/25 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Coslow’s”, “Gasoline”, “Best Friend”, “Pushed Aside”, “A Socially Accepted Target”, & “QLG 647” that were never before shared for the book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling” at Prost Alehouse during the 2025 Poetry Bomb (from video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter/X, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this YouTube video that was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix FZ300 camera; on Facebook, Twitter/X, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, & Tumblr). Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream that was filmed & streamed w/ a Samsung S24 camera. #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling #janetkuyperspoetrybomb

Gasoline The stench of gasoline makes me ill as the song pounces through my brain “I want you to want me the way that I want you”: and I’m tired of fighting I don’t think I can fight anymore but I have to I can’t let you do this these are my rights and you can’t hurt me like this “Then maybe I’ll just force you” you say I push you away I try to stop you and all I keep hearing is that damn song I can’t escape it “I know that you need me just tell me you want me I want you” I’m too angry to cry and too frightened to scream I shove I move but nothing stops you “You are my sensation a perfect temptation” I wish that song would stop I wish everything would stop your touch scares me and your stare haunts me so I scratch and scream until the novelty is lost for you no I will not tell you I want you for I can’t let you do this these are my rights and you just can’t do this to me Copyright Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.