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Estranged Careerists of the Corporate Black Cash-hounds (CBC)
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
29 Oct 2014
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Estranged Careerists of the Corporate Black Cash-hounds (CBC)

by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner

Once, they shouted, ā€œSay it loud, I’m Black and I’m proud!ā€
Now, their actions say it loud, ā€œWe’re in the Cayman Crowdā€¦ā€

Our air’s polluted, our water’s fracked,
Schools shuttered and homes jacked
As the Jesse Jr. and Unca Jim ilk
Spin pain into Rolex, and silk…
Hearts transplanted with tweezers
For cold cash stashed in freezers—

Obscene sums, mega amounts…
Stuffing Swiss Bank Accounts!

Their lame posturing, tame gyrations
Strings pulled by the corporations
Struggle was ā€œoff the tableā€ long ago—
Capitalist Hill is their IndieGoGo…
They huff and puff ā€˜bout fluffy stuff,
When warmongering’s not enough…

Raymond Nat Turner Ā© 2014 All Rights Reserved

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