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Flashbacks of wild Boers storming Capitalist Hill
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
15 Jun 2022
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Flashbacks of wild Boers storming Capitalist Hill
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol (Photo: Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)

                                                                                                                Flashbacks of wild Boers storming Capitalist Hill

 

You may think you saw
Soldiers from confederate-christened bases—
white supremacist spaces— Cops from as
far away as LA—Armed with hockey sticks,
crutches and bear spray; Baseball bats/brass
knuckles: Wrestling hands of the clock back
to the ‘50s—1850s—
Fighting fiercely for skyscrapers snuggled next
to tents—cardboard mattresses below condos.

You may think you saw
Soldiers from confederate-christened bases—
white supremacist spaces— Cops from as
far away as LA—Armed with hockey sticks,
crutches and bear spray; Baseball bats/brass
knuckles: Battling for plastic oceans slicked with
Oil; leaden drinking water; unbreathable air;
bullhorn bellies/Franken ‘food’ cornucopia; Texas
Taliban teachers teaching Fox-box false consciousness

But, women, men, children of the world—
Rest assured it was just a “normal tourist visit—”
“legitimate political discourse.”
So, don’t chant, “Yankee, go home!!!”

Don’t whisper, “ugly Americans” at it again. “It’s not who
we are…“ “We’re better than this” red, white, blue through
line: Sand Creek to San Antonio; Wounded Knee to
Buffalo; Mother Emanuel to Uvalde; Nagasaki to Pulse
Nightclub…

“We’re better than” transferring power—Ford Theater
ballot— back of Lincoln’s head. Better than Dallas ballots—
ruby results on 1st Lady’s pink dress. Better than
Audubon Ball room/Lorraine Motel balcony ballots
transferring Black Power To desperate dances in donkey
dung—every 2-4 years…

© 2022. Raymond Nat Turner, The Town Crier. All Rights Reserved.

Former forklift driver/warehouse worker/janitor, Raymond Nat Turner is a NYC poet; BAR's Poet-in-Residence; and founder/co-leader of the jazz-poetry ensemble UpSurge!NYC. You can Vote for his work at: GoFundMe and  PayPal.

January 6
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