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video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 7/2/16 show “Voting for Change” at Expressions 2016: Poets Parliament! in Austin reading her poems True Happiness in the New Millennium (2016 edit), Orders, The State of the Nation (2016 edit), Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 political edit), and a Great American (2016 edit) (filmed from a Canon fs200 video camera for simultaneous television broadcast on stage).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 7/2/16 show “Voting for Change” at Expressions 2016: Poets Parliament! in Austin reading her poems True Happiness in the New Millennium (2016 edit), Orders, The State of the Nation (2016 edit), Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 political edit), and a Great American (2016 edit) (filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 7/2/16 show “Voting for Change” at Expressions 2016: Poets Parliament! in Austin reading her poems True Happiness in the New Millennium (2016 edit), Orders, The State of the Nation (2016 edit), Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 political edit), and a Great American (2016 edit) (filmed from a Sony camera).
Voting for Change chapbook
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Voting for Change
containing the poems poems True Happiness in the New Millennium (2016 edit), Orders, The State of the Nation (2016 edit), Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 political edit), and a Great American (2016 edit)

True Happiness
in the New Millennium
(2016 edit)

Janet Kuypers
written 2/98, edited 6/23/16

“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
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 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
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 there
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
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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