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Justice was served from Warfare States’ gaslit woks
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
29 Apr 2021
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Justice was served from Warfare States’ gaslit woks
Justice was served from Warfare States’ gaslit woks

Justice was served
sweet and sour in pepper spray soup—tear-
gas gumbo—tears mixed with milk and milk
of magnesia in crimson curry sauce;
Served from warfare states’ woks on
beds of ‘rubber’ bullets/flash-bang grenades

Justice was served
on baton-bruised ribs; golfball-sized wounds;
contusions, abrasions—And platters of 

plastic cuffs, eyeballs, teeth, reconstructive
surgeries; rehabs on hunks of ‘less lethal’ lies…
Served on blistered feet, strained calves and quads

Justice was served 
class struggle-style—from Warfare States’ 
Gaslit woks—
Stir fry served from massive motion stirred
up from below, garnished by shoe leather-
sautéd streets over the planet…

Justice was served 
on shards of glass in street heat salad;
Served by bold, brave, creative young
Chefs—aged in organizing: Marching
months; succulent and simmering for
class-struggle…

Justice was served
from poison blue soil: world’s greatest purveyor
of violence—Served scooped, flipped, framed with
flimsy charges; Served from
Rotten Orchards—
One ‘bad apple’ at a time…

Justice was served
Sizzling Black bean sauce; rainbow chard; with
white chocolate dessert served by seasoned young
Chefs learning their craft: Smelling fishy five-sided 
solutions—culinary coercion—Young chefs learning
to rock the wok—with tantalizing takeout menus…

© 2021. Raymond Nat Turner, The Town Crier. All Rights Reserved.

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