poem “(Less Than) Two Minutes With Ayn Rand”, a 2018 edit of a summer 1997 poem about wanting to talk with a philosopher who believe the rational and logical thinking mind was the highest human value, By Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Grandmother Charged with Murder” and “One Summer Traveled” on the release date of her v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her poem “(Less Than) Two Minutes with Ayn Rand” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth” at “Recycled Reads” 8/18/18 in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Grandmother Charged with Murder” and “One Summer Traveled” on the release date of her v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her poem “(Less Than) Two Minutes with Ayn Rand” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth” at “Recycled Reads” 8/18/18 in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “(less than) Two Minutes with Ayn Rand”, read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” as the intro poem to Poetic License open mic 2/2/20, hosting “Poetic License” monthly at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “(less than) Two Minutes with Ayn Rand”, read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” as the intro poem to Poetic License open mic 2/2/20, hosting “Poetic License” monthly at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera & Sepia Toned; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “(less than) Two Minutes with Ayn Rand” (for Ayn Rand’s birthday, 2/2), “Lawyering can Lead to Leading the Country” and “Underscore for the Battles” (for Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday, 2/12), all read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, live 2/8/20 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “(less than) Two Minutes with Ayn Rand” (for Ayn Rand’s birthday, 2/2), “Lawyering can Lead to Leading the Country” and “Underscore for the Battles” (for Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday, 2/12), all read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, live 2/8/20 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “(less than) Two Minutes with Ayn Rand”, “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, and “We Didn’t Start the Fire”, read from the 2/20 v294 cc&d issue/book “Mask” that also all appear in the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, live 2/5/20 in her February 2020 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “(less than) Two Minutes with Ayn Rand”, “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, and “We Didn’t Start the Fire”, read from the 2/20 v294 cc&d issue/book “Mask” that also all appear in the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, live 2/5/20 in her February 2020 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books in Austin (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera with a Sepia Tone filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Queasy Feeling”, “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Opposite”, “We Didn’t Start the Fire”, “(Less Than) Two Minutes With Ayn Rand”, and her prose “Valentine’s Day Over 25 Days Away” from the v294 “Mask” section of the cc&d magazine February-April 2020 issue collection book “Aiming a t Immortality” for the “2020 #poetrybomb” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See Facebook streaming video live from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Queasy Feeling”, “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Opposite”, “We Didn’t Start the Fire”, “(Less Than) Two Minutes With Ayn Rand”, and her prose “Valentine’s Day Over 25 Days Away” from the v294 “Mask” section of the cc&d magazine February-April 2020 issue collection book “Aiming a t Immortality” for the “2020 #poetrybomb” (filmed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

(Less Than)
Two Minutes
With Ayn Rand
Janet Kuypers
(2018 edit of a poem written in the summer of 1997)
I don’t believe in things that aren’t proven,
that we have no evidence of, but sometimes,
sometimes, I have to tell you
that I thank you for showing me
that there are logical people in the world
that man can live by reason
that reason is a virtue
that selfishness is a virtue
that I have a right to what I earn
to what I create
to what I know to be true
it’s nice to know
that even when I’m surrounded by these
unthinking masses
that there are people who hold their minds
as the highest value
out there somewhere in the world
and the fact that they exist
helps me through my days
Yes, thank you
for giving me the answers
I’ve been looking for,
but maybe you could explain to me
how to get through the days
when no one understands you
and how to accept less than perfection
when you’ve seen the purity and the clarity
of the thinking mind

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