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My Wise Country Cousin on de Dems dissin’ Kids
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
06 Mar 2019
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Dianne Feinsten, D-CA assures youthful visitors to her office that no, another world is NOT possible.
Dianne Feinsten, D-CA tries to discourage young people who visit her office.

Did you see de Kids questin Madum Di-Fi—
catchin’ her befo’ she cud spin de big lie…?
Lawd, de ‘tude an’ disdain she cudn’t cunseel
show’d her true colors on de Green New Deal…
She tolt ‘em dat she know’d whass bes fo’ dem—
jus’ lak Miss Nancy, Cap’n Steny, an’ Unca Jim!

De Dems dinosores an’ will soon be ekstink—
Wit de Republikkkans who dey nod and wink
De chillen say, “NO water’d-down resolution!”
Lak dey ‘bout a decade ‘way frum revolution!
Way dey peepin’ de Dems' bull-scuses an’ lyin’

Questin is: when de shoes gonna start flyin’?

© 2019. Raymond Nat Turner, The Town Crier. All Rights Reserved.
Raynmond Nat Turner is an accomplished poet and performing artist, and part of the National Writers Union. Find much m,pore of his work at http://upsurgejazz.com.

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