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Reparations Applications
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
22 Oct 2013
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by Raymond Nat Turner

Be needin’ 21st Century

Socialist solutions

 

Reparations Applications

by Raymond Nat Turner

 

No mo’ John de Conquer Root,

Rabbit foot, black cat dander

Hopin’ and prayin’ that the

Emancipation Proclamation

Kicks in after one

Hundred and fifty years

 

No mo’ symbolic

Bud-lite solutions—

Personified by

The Beer Baron himself,

His Highness of Hops—

Be needin’ 21st Century

Socialist solutions

Like smart phones with

Reparations Applications

Compensating

Livable-wage work,

Walking distance from

Solar-powered homes

With bamboo floors and

Rooms for every family

Member, low-flow shower

And toilet bathroom for

Every bedroom,

Wolf Range, Miele

Dishwasher, Sub-zero

Refrigerator-appointed kitchens;

Free solar electric

Busses and trains;

Free education, K-post doc;

Free cradle to grave health care—

Insurance companies pre-existing

Conditions, in museums & history books;

The Hudson and all rivers are cleaned up—

Returned to Native American standards…

 

Raymond Nat Turner can be contacted at upsurgejazz.com.

 

Raymond Nat Turner © 2013 All Rights Reserved

 

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