[the Writing of Kuypers][JanetKuypers.com][Bio][Poems][Prose]

no consequences the average child, watching the average amount of television in their lifetime witnesses eight thousand murders by the time they leave elementary school by the time they are eighteen years old, they witness two hundred thousand acts of violence and they laugh when they hear their leading man say "consider this a divorce" then pull the trigger or "do you feel lucky, punk" suddenly there’s no consequence to violence no pain, no remorse we’re the mtv generation we feel no highs or lows we’ve learned life by watching it not living it "have you killed people?" "yeah, but they were all bad" how funny, what wit they witness two hundred thousand acts of violence what are we teaching them? suddenly there’s no consequence Copyright Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.

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