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Reclaiming our time back from February 30th Fighters
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
03 Dec 2025
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I.
Whisperings of stuffed envelopes; preachings of cold
Cash in attache cases; White Supreme Courtesans say 
Money’s speech. In jaw-dropping — staggering amounts —
Money talks!

Oops, a sleazy Senator X just changed his $campaign-
$election song from, “Gonna Get A Green New Deal …” 
To “Drill, baby, drill!” The corrupt Congresswoman Y
Voted for televised genocide a New York nano second ago!

Wise old owl shtick— sorcerer— peering over reading glasses 
Moderating means of struggle. Clever alchemist converts our
Demands into slop capitalists can sink snouts in, and slurp up as
Profits from the trough.

Triangulating, ‘negotiating,’ capitulating, debilitating Shuck
Tumor and Trick Turban are symptoms. Symptoms of some
Latest variant of
Cancerous capitalism’s class-war on the world’s working-class!

Shuck Tumor’s a symptom. Neurotoxins attacking the body 
Politic’s brains like some lethal, two-party, tag-team working
The capitalist state machine manually. Killing us softly with
White phosphorus and high fructose corn syrup slogans.

II.
Feeling tired and rundown? Tired of toxic side effects of 
Elephant excrement-donkey dung treatments—sold as the
“Only Game In Town?” Tired of ‘leaders’ faking the funk—
Following Franklin, Cleveland, Chase: their freshly-printed base?

Suffering suicidal ideation? Suffering recurring nightmares?
Suffering symbolism of Cruel Reich Cult’s Paunch-Us Pilot—
Loose-stool-Luftwaffe stunt; Wannabe dictator with diarrhea—
Dumping on our burgeoning resistance; AI warplane his potty?

Feeling fatigued? Feeling tired? Tired of gaslighting?
Tired of being stonewalled? Tired of being
DOGE-ed— by bandits who chain-saw things that work?
Tired of being Mike and Ike-ed/Good Cop-Bad Copped? 
Feeling fatigued? Feeling tired? Tired of being gamed by grifters?
Tired of watching parasites party on our dime? Nauseated by bushels
Of our tax dollars unable to buy cradle to grave healthcare here; But
Buying hourly bombings of hospitals, clinics, and ambulances abroad?

Tired of  â€œToo big to fail/Too big to jail” 11th-hour Wall Street 
Bailouts? Fatigued by 50-hour filibustering for fossil fuels?
Tired of double-crosses that “reach across the aisle” to stab
Our backs on behalf of Big Oil, Big Ag, Big Pharma?

Treatment options for breaking February 30th Fighters’ Habit? Exercise solidarity. 
Make mutual aid part of your morning routine. Try consuming 3-6 servings of fresh, Independent, politics a day. Take things your TV tells you with a truckload of salt.
Possible side effects may include feelings of freedom, efficacy— and militancy …

Š 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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