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DOGE— Department Of Grifter Enrichment
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
07 May 2025
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Elon Musk

“Empathy is the bane of western civilization.” 

—Morally Bankrupt-Spiritual Pauper-AI Man

We must STOP scurvy-eyed pirates plundering our
Treasure! STOP skull and crossbones encroachments.
STOP savage redacting of rights! STOP treasonous hi-tech
Racketeers we dub: Department Of Grifter Enrichment …

We must STOP bullies in the china shop—
Breaking, wrecking, robbing everything that
Almost works. We must STOP them—
Before they demolish our grandchildren’s dreams!

We must STOP “Greed is good!” Gekko gangsters’
Vampiric sucking the body politic’s blood …
Dog bone dry … We must STOP them—
Before they demolish our grandchildren’s dreams!

We must STOP Ponzi-scheming predators prancing,
Dancing prince-like. STOP the gold-plated chainsaw
Dripping blood. STOP index finger pointing at us—
When middle, ring, and pinkie point back at them …

We must STOP aggressive grifters— heavy metal
Kleptocrats— guitars strung with barbed wire. STOP
Stiff salutes, jackboots— nazi visages branding our
Brains with absurd solutions for concocted ‘crises.’

We must STOP heartless Tin Men. STOP South African
Scarecrows cawing, “Waste! Fraud! And abuse! Oh, my!”
We must STOP electric
Werewolves howling loudly about ‘entitlement’ evils.

We must STOP wreckers and robbers. We must stand shoulder-to-
Shoulder and shout, “Entitle- Meant: dragging our wounded bodies
Into theaters of class-war! Into hostile environments— to work punch drunk—
Punching in/punching out … We earned ‘entitlements:’ The old-fashioned way!”

© 2025. Raymond Nat Turner, The Town Crier. All Rights Reserved.

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.

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