i’m a med student
and for the past few weeks
we’ve been working on a cadaver
at first
i didn’t want to know anything
about him
i covered the head of the guy
wanted to pay him some respect
i didn’t want to think
tat this person lived
before i dissected him
i had a hard time
taking out the brain
cause you know, that’s where
the memories are
that’s what makes him
him
it’s not so hard now
they get the bodies from the morgue
they’re homeless people, mostly
no family
it’s not so hard now
Janet Kuypers is employed as an Art/Production Editor for a publishing company in Chicago. She was educated at the University of Illinois, where she received her baccalaureate in News/Ed. Journalism, with a minor in Photography.
She has published over 600 pieces of her writing and over 150 pieces of artwork.
Janet Kuypers is the editor/publisher of the literary/art magazine children,
churches and daddies. She has had two books published, a hope chest in the attic (and the window), and is a graphic designer by day. At night, she sings with a band.
