[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8347]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                                 A POEM

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                           HON. JOHN COOKSEY

                              of louisiana

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 16, 2000

  Mr. COOKSEY. Mr. Speaker, attached is a poem by Jean McGivney Boese, 
Poet Laureate of Louisiana, which I would like to submit and share with 
my colleagues.

                            Millennium 2000

     Our time is measured from the day that Jesus came to earth.
     The thoughts we think are framed by his extraordinary birth.
     He taught us how to live our lives, He taught us what is 
         true.
     If we have failed, it is because of what we failed to do.

     It soon will be 2000 years since Jesus lived as Man.
     As we reach this Millennium we look back on a span
     Of awesome things and awful things that filled the Centuries,
     And thank God that the brave and good outnumber cruelties.

     For those who think there is no God, the future is a void.
     Their lives are aimless as a fleeting, pointless asteroid.
     We have a way to follow, and the free will to decide,
     This new Millennium can be where joy and peace abide.

     

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