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rape is connected
rape is anger
i didn’t get the promotion i deserved
this traffic is always in my way
i’m angry all the time
and the damn kids are banging
i just want a fucking beer, you bitch
it’s all your fault
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to C Ra McGuirt 05/25/10 reading this poem, take 1
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to C Ra McGuirt 05/25/10 reading this poem, take 1
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to C Ra McGuirt 05/25/10 reading this poem, take 1
Listen live
to the 2nd Axing
at the open mic Sing Your Life
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live at the Café in Chicago 06/22/10
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of part two of the “40” show live at the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10
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of part 2 of the “40” show w/ camera 2 @ the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10
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from camera #1 as a downloadable mp4 file, live at the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10, from the Internet Archive.
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from camera #2 as a downloadable mp4 file, live at the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10, from the Internet Archive.
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11/06/10 from the TV camera in Lake Villa’s Swing State, live in her “Visual Nonsense” show Sexism and other stories
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11/06/10 in Lake Villa at Swing State, in Sexism and other stories
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See the full show of Kuypers reading from the TV monitor in the “Sexism and other stories” show, live in Lake Villa’s “Visual Nonsense” 10/20/011/06/10 with this poem at Swing State
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See the full show of Kuypers reading in the “Sexism and other stories” show, live in Lake Villa 11/06/10 with this writing at Swing State
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to Michael Hoag read this poem 11/23/10, live at the Café in Chicago
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read live 10/11/11 at the Café in her mini-feature of Contents Under Pressure book poems
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of the her mini-feature INCLUDING THIS POEM (with background base by John Yotko) live 10/11/11 at the Café
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
a socially accepted target
to the frustration produced
by living in this society
misdirected towards
a socially accepted target:
women
- Men and Politics Group,
East Bay Men’s Center,
Statement on Rape
i work in a cubicle
the boss doesn’t know my name
i put in too much overtime
this tie makes it hard to breathe
there’s all these bills i have to pay
their toys when i come home
and dinner is never on time
and your looks have just gone to hell
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