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Wall of Lies
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
07 Feb 2019
Trump's big beautiful wall
one brick at a time, one fib at a time, one twist of barbed wire at a time....
Capitalist media mortar concrete lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie Stone lie lie Concrete lie lie lie Stone lie lie lie lie Concrete lie lie lie lie Stone lie lie lie lie Concrete lie lie lie lie Stone lie lie lie lie Concrete lie lie lie lie Stone lie lie lie lie Concrete lie lie lie lie Stone lie lie lie lie Concrete lie lie lie lie lie lie lie Vicious lie lie lie lie Absurd lie lie Capitalist media mortar media mortar lie lie lie lie Absurd lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie
Fabrication, distortion, deception, invention, fiction, concoction, hogwash, smoke
Fabrication, distortion, deception, invention, fiction, concoction, hogwash, smoke
1/2 Truth, Big Lie, prevarication, misinformation, disinformation, PSYOP, PSYOP
Misstatement, coverup, distortion, perjury, perjury, perjury, misstatement,lie,lie Capitalist media mortar concrete lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie Stone lie lie Concrete lie Capitalist media mortar concrete lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie Stone lie lie Concrete lie Capitalist media mortar concrete lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie Stone lie lie Concrete lie PSYOP, 1/2 truth, Big Lie, prevarication, misinformation, disinformation, PSYOP
Capitalist media mortar concrete lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie Stone lie lie Concrete lie Capitalist media mortar concrete lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie Stone lie lie Concrete lie
Distortion, deception, alternative fact, fib, fiction, fabrication, fake news, lie… lie…
1/2 truth, Big Lie, prevarication, misinformation, disinformation, PSYOP, PSYOP
Invention, concoction, hogwash, smoke, invention, concoction, hogwash, smoke…
Misstatement, coverup, distortion, perjury, misstatement, coverup, distortion… Capitalist media mortar concrete lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie Stone lie lie Concrete lie Capitalist media mortar concrete lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie Stone lie lie Concrete lie Lie, lie, lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie… Lie, lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie
PSYOP, 1/2 truth, Big Lie, prevarication, misinformation, disinformation, PSYOP
Fabrication, distortion, deception, invention, fiction, concoction, hogwash, smoke
Fabrication, distortion, deception, invention, fiction, concoction, hogwash, smoke:

 

Your wall, Mr. Muthafukkka— World’s paid for it…

Raymond Nat Turner is BAR's poet in residence, an acclaimed performing artist and an officer in the National Writers Union. You can find much more of his work at http://upsurgejazz.com.

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