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Watch this YouTube video performed for C Ra McGuirt (Penny Dreadful Press) in Nashville 12/20/08

Listen to the DMJ Art Connection with this poem, off the CD Manic Depressive or Something, now available for sale at iTunes.

See YouTube video 6/11/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “The Truth Is Out There”, “Know How The Truth Is” and “Bad Rhyming Poetry can be Contagious” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic (Lumix).

See YouTube video 6/11/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “The Truth Is Out There”, “Know How The Truth Is” and “Bad Rhyming Poetry can be Contagious” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic (Sony).

know how the truth is October 12, 1998 How many times do you fight the same battles and lose your battles against the world How many times are you going to keep fighting for the same causes, knowing that no one is going to attempt to listen to you and knowing that all of your efforts will be to no good that no one will notice or care or even act like they’re interested Let’s not fool ourselves let’s just say it like it is let’s not try to get our hopes up over all that normally goes wrong with the world We all know how the truth is we all know that each time we try to get anywhere in life which is just this one big fantasy this getting through life thing but what i was trying to say is that when you try to do well with your life and you try to accomplish things that you never thought was possible when you try and try and try well it’s usually at that point when someone tries and usually succeeds at kicking you in the teeth and making you feel like there’s no hope in the world Well at least they could be telling you subliminally that well, there is no hope for you even when you try and try Well, you get what I’m getting at here sometimes I’m not the best with words but maybe I’ve said enough without saying any more than I have to Copyright Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.