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video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing her poem “Victim” originally read in her show “Energy with Poetry and Music and read from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, then her 2019 poems “Evil is Tricky”, and “Equality Manifesto” (written on the same calendar date as the publication date of The Communist Manifesto, 4//26) live 3/16/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix T56).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing her poem “Victim” originally read in her show “Energy with Poetry and Music and read from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, then her 2019 poems “Evil is Tricky”, and “Equality Manifesto” (written on the same calendar date as the publication date of The Communist Manifesto, 4//26) 3/16/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix 2500).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Equality Manifesto” (written February 26th, for the anniversary of the publication of the Communist Manifesto), read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poem “Content with Inferior Men” read from her cc&d volume 2 poetry collection book “a Wake-Up Call from Tradition”, then, from the same book, sings her poem/song “Where I Belong” (melody based on the Depeche Mode song “Home”), 2/15/20 at the Austin “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Equality Manifesto” (written February 26th, for the anniversary of the publication of the Communist Manifesto), read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poem “Content with Inferior Men” read from her cc&d volume 2 poetry collection book “a Wake-Up Call from Tradition”, then, from the same book, sings her poem/song “Where I Belong” (melody based on the Depeche Mode song “Home”), 2/15/20 at the Austin “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Equality Manifesto” (written February 26th, for the anniversary of the publication of the Communist Manifesto) from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poems “This you Don’t Hate” (originally in v101 cc&d) and “How Do I Explain It” (originally in the cc&d v105-116 book Rinse and Repeat), both read from her cc&d volume 2 poetry collection book “a Wake-Up Call from Tradition”, live 2/22/20 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Equality Manifesto” (written February 26th, for the anniversary of the publication of the Communist Manifesto) from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poems “This you Don’t Hate” (originally in v101 cc&d) and “How Do I Explain It” (originally in the cc&d v105-116 book Rinse and Repeat), both read from her cc&d volume 2 poetry collection book “a Wake-Up Call from Tradition”, live 2/22/20 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Fighting for Freedom on Christmas”, “Equality Manifesto”, and “Jumping Genes, & the Infiltration of my DNA” from the cc&d 2/21 v306 book “More Softly than the Thunder” for The Café Gallery 2/9/21 Book Reading in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera w/ a Sepia Tone filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).  #janetkuypers   #janetkuyperspoetry   #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Fighting for Freedom on Christmas”, “Equality Manifesto”, and “Jumping Genes, & the Infiltration of my DNA” from the cc&d 2/21 v306 book “More Softly than the Thunder” for The Café Gallery 2/9/21 Book Reading (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).   #janetkuypers   #janetkuyperspoetry   #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Fighting for Freedom on Christmas”, “Equality Manifesto”, and “Quickly Judged” from the “More Softly than the Thunder” section of the Scars Publications 1-4 2021 cc&d issue collection book “What Lies on the Other Side”, read 4/7/21 during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” feature reading (video from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).  #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersinstagram
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Fighting for Freedom on Christmas”, “Equality Manifesto”, and “Quickly Judged” from the “More Softly than the Thunder” section of the Scars Publications 1-4 2021 cc&d issue collection book “What Lies on the Other Side” read 4/7/21 during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” feature reading (video from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).  #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersinstagram

Equality Manifesto

Janet Kuypers
2/26/19 (the anniversary of the publication date
of the Communist Manifesto, February 26th 1848)

We have discovered
that some people work hard
and make a lot of money
and some say they
cannot find employment that
gives them the money
they need to take
care of their own. So
we have discovered
that for those who have not,
against those who have,
we need to make the field
clear so all can try,
and can achieve just above
the level of the have nots.

We are not the first
to postulate a 70-90% tax
on the ones who make
far too much money
for their own good.
Because we are sure
that even if we tax them
enough to pay for
the unemployed, they
will still keep making
money, hand over fist,
so that we can keep
everything running on
their backs for as long as
this great country can live.
This money can be used
to help the people
who can’t make enough
in their service
industry jobs to pay
for an entire family,
or even help the ones
who say they cannot
get a job at all. You see,
this tax may seem way
too much, as strong as a
hatchet, axe and saw*
but this is the only way
we can make all equal.

 

* “The Trees”, Rush


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