poem True Happiness in the New Millennium, working to get what you want poem By Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

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Listen to the CD recording of this piece used with the performance art show Death Comes in Threes 03/18/03

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(10/03/06, the Lake County Poets Society, on TV 4 times 12/06)

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live at the show Questions in a World Without Answers 10/05/04, Chicago

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(4:48, live at Chicago’s “The Spot” 09/04/06)

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(3:39) Live at the 11/09/07 show at Hokin Gallery The Turn of the Word, Chicago
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11/09/07 Chicago’s Hokin Gallery 7:54

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03/05/11 from the TV camera in Lake Villa at Swing State, live in her show Letting it All Out


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(3:49, of just the poem) 03/05/11 in Lake Villa at Swing State, live in her “Visual Nonsense” show Letting it All Out

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(34:48) to the Letting it All Out show, live in Lake Villa’s Swing State 03/05/11 with this piece

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of Kuypers reading this poem 10/16/11 on WZRD radio (filmed from the Canon camera)

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10/16/11 of the Janet Kuypers appearance on WZRD radio, with her talking about and reading poetry, which includes this poem performed live (filmed from the Canon camera)

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of Kuypers reading part of this piece in the live show the Janet Kuypers with the music of HA! at Chicago’s Gallery Cabaret 20121003 (Canon)

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of the Janet Kuypers with the music of HA! full live show at Gallery Cabaret in Chicago 20121003 (Canon), including this piece

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem True Happiness in the New Millennium live in Chicago 7/24/13 at the Café Gallery poetry open mic

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem True Happiness in the New Millennium (in the chapbook “Attacking with Poetry”) 4/27/14 (C) at Chicago’s 2014 Poetry Bomb (in Lincoln Square)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem True Happiness in the New Millennium (in the chapbook “Attacking with Poetry”) 4/27/14 (C) at Chicago’s 2014 Poetry Bomb (in Lincoln Square), Threshold

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of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem True Happiness in the New Millennium live 7/16/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

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of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem True Happiness in the New Millennium live 7/16/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems True Happiness in the New Millennium, Just Desperation and Other Souls at the 5 year anniv. of the open mic Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing in Wicker Park, Chicago (Cfs)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems True Happiness in the New Millennium, Just Desperation and Other Souls at the 5 year anni. of the open mic Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing in Wicker Park, Chicago (Cps)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 4 poems 8/31/15 at the Chicago open mic Weeds (Canon fs200), with an edited version of her poem Communication, plus her poems Death Takes Many Forms, True Happiness in the New Millennium, and Other Souls.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 4 poems 8/31/15 at the Chicago open mic Weeds (Canon Power Shot), with an edited version of her poem Communication, plus her poems Death Takes Many Forms, True Happiness in the New Millennium, and Other Souls.

See YouTube video (Nikon CoolPix S7000) of Janet Kuypers reading her poemTrue Happiness in the New Millennium 12/20/15 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry

See YouTube video 12/20/15 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems Being God, Looking For A Worthy Adversary, and True Happiness in the New Millennium at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (Nikon CoolPix S7000).

True Happiness
in the New Millennium
Janet Kuypers
“I ain’t never found peace upon the breast of a girl
I ain’t never found peace with the religions of the world
I ain’t never found peace at the bottom of a glass
Sometimes it seems the more I ask for the less I receive
Sometimes it seems the more I ask for the less I receive
The only true freedom is freedom from the heart’s desires
And the only true happiness this way lies”
                                                                - Matt Johnson
I’m here to usher in a whole new millennium
I’m the new savior      the savior of science
    the savior of strength      the savior of survival
    survival of the fittest      survival of the best
and I’m here to tell you we’re starting anew
so fasten your seat belts      hang on to your hats
place your seat trays in their upright and locked position
for it’s a bumpy ride, and I’ll tell you why
I’m here to usher in a whole new millennium
the millennium of reason and logic and strength
and I don’t want to hear about your self-destruction
I don’t want to hear your whining, psychosis,
your depression, suicide, alcohol and drugs
and just what made you think that playing with needles
and escape would make things better somehow
    God, I’ve always hated needles anyway
        what is it with you people
well, you need a leader and I’m stepping up to the plate
you keep asking for a big brother and I’m here to set you straight
you want someone to wipe your noses for you
well, pick up the damn tissue and do it yourself
because when you give up your rights, you take away mine
and we’re not having any of that
I’m here to usher in a whole new millennium
and you say to me you need crystal meth
    so you can stay awake through work
and you say to me that you don’t need to drink,
    that you just like the taste
and you say to me that with all your escapism
    you still don’t feel any better
and you say to me that sometimes suicide
    is the only answer
I’m here to usher in a whole new millennium
I’m here to usher in a whole new generation
so stop asking for things and start working for things
because X is for ecstacy as long as it’s fast
and X is for extra but there’s always a cost
and ecstacy doesn’t come without extra work
no matter how many corners you cut
and you know, X is for X-Ray and I see right through that
they say that Eve ate from the tree from knowledge
but you know, she shouldn’t have stopped just then
cause the loggers are raping the trees of knowledge
the loggers are raping the forests of talent
the forests of ability      the forests of reason
of skill        of logic        perseverance        and life
we’re letting them rape the forests of excellence
and you know it’s now time to take it all back
because I’m here to usher in a whole new millennium
and I’m here to tell you how it’s going to be done
you’re looking for peace in all the wrong places
you’re asking your leaders to save you from yourself
but your leaders are losers and they’re worse off than you
I’m here to usher in a whole new millennium
where it’s time to take charge and it’s time fess up
only you can deliver you from your own sins
but first you must know what sin really is
it’s time to make choices and it’s time to lay claim
to everything we’ve been blindly giving away
because I’m here to usher in a whole new millennium
take charge of yourself, and I’ll take charge of me
I’m my leader, not yours, so wipe your own noses
take it in to your hands, people, mold your own tools
this is the new millennium, and this is your chance
because no one should be showing us how to fail
people mastered that feat a millennia ago
so set your own rules and do something fast
cause it’s time to take charge and it’s time to be alive
I’m here to usher in a whole new millennium
And I’m waiting for you to usher in yours
Because true happiness this way lies, my friend
and I won’t wait long if you lag behind
cause I’m setting my rules so step out of my way
I’m here to tell you there’s a new sensation
and I’m here to tell you there’s a new salvation
and that true happiness this way lies

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the cc&d v170.5 issue release of Kuypers' writings in the 2006 book Distinguished Writings

the 2007 cc&d v171.5 book Living in Chaos, with material from Janet Kuypers

Life on the Edge, 2007 ccd collection book, front cover

It All Comes Down, 2007 Janet Kuypers book, front cover

Rising to the Surface, 2007 Janet Kuypers book, front cover

the CD Questions in a World Without Answers

The above YouTube video (4:57) is a 10/03/06 film of the TV show the Lake County Poets Society, airing 4 times, 12/06.

The above YouTube (3:39) was performed live at the show for the Urbanation book release, 02/22/04 at Red Lion in Chicago.