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My Wise Country Cousin on Corporate Personhood
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
21 May 2013
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by Raymond Nat Turner

If corporations are people, what kind of people are they?

 

My Wise Country Cousin on Corporate Personhood

by Raymond Nat Turner

 

Why my brow furrode lak dis?

‘Cause corprayshunz sayin’ dey’z

Pursun-hoodz—mo ‘hoodz den

Pursunz if you axe me—dey say

Dey wanna be treated lak pursunz,

No, dey demanz pursunz treatment!

 

Now, if dat be so, show seem lak

Ta me dey could be treated lak de

Pursuns dey did de Tusskeygee

Xpeermintz on, huh?

 

Raymond Nat Turner can be contacted at upsurgejazz.com.

Raymond Nat Turner © 2013 All Rights Reserved

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