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Day 40-something pedophile-protecting government shutdown
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
19 Nov 2025
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"Release the files" sign

Day 40-something of pedophile-
Protecting-government shutdown —
Snapshot of resistance revealed our unwillingness to 
Take it any longer. Mirror the size of Saturn reflected
Our outrage at the Cruel Reich Cult! Outrage at the
Orange wrecking ball swirling in a golden toilet bowl.
Outrage at weaponized food and bankrupt food banks!
Outrage at menus of mean spirit — offering helpings of
School Shooting Du Jour; War Of The Week; Hominy of
Homelessness— As 42 million bellies militantly growled …

Day 40-something of pedophile-
Protecting-government shutdown —
Peacefully — we registered numerically superior, class-struggle
Responses to unidentified devils brandishing rifles. To thugs
Occupying our beloved City of Angels. To masked marauders
Moving fast, breaking families, flooding Windy City with teargas.

Day 40-something of pedophile-
Protecting-government shutdown — 
Picasso painting of rot — screenshot — of where we’re at on the
Spectrum. Spectrum of readiness for ridding ourselves of ravaging,
Cruel Stage 4 cancer. Ridding ourselves of greasy-thumbed grifters.
Ridding ourselves of ruthless, clueless, careless, garish gold-plated
Parasites. Ridding ourselves of vicious crypto-cabals
Circling the drain — Generously bankrolling Genocide — on our dime …

© 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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