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Warfare state of disunion
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
09 Mar 2022
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Warfare state of disunion
President Biden delivers his State of the Union address on March 1, 2022. Photo: CBS News

                                                                                                                    Warfare state of disunion

Ol’ Schmo mumbled, stumbled and stuttered—yet proved
King-clear/Malcolm-masterful… Perfect harmony with
War-profiteer merchants of death/fraternal orders of
police, benevolent associations of patrolmen, bleeding
budgets— Killing class sisters and brothers abroad and at
home!

Ol’ Schmo—boxer who took punches in bunches—
ate too much leather— bleated, “I’m a capitalist…“
But his Cloud 90 Minute/Psychedelic Shack speech
Omitted the redacted text: “and I’m waging class-war
on the 99% on behalf of my personhood paymasters!!
To be clear, the price-gouging parasites and fossil
fuel predators whose wealth is increasing
exponentially!”

Ol’ Schmo’s Cloud 90 Minute speech omitted redacted
text. 3 Monkey-like, Saw no Evil; Heard no evil; Spoke
no evil of white supremacist-nazi-soldier-cop
-confederates storming Capitalist Hill on War House
orders January 6!

Ol’ Schmo’s Cloud 90 Minute pomp and circumstance
puppet show— Jingoist jack-in-the boxes rising and
clapping on cue… Every 30 seconds…
Madam Speakers’ fixed face and the ambitious
countenance of Ladee Blu/Benevolent Patrolmen
Association’s/Fraternal Order of Police’s go-to-girl;
And a Kentucky Turtle’s mean, austerity measure mug;
Raytheon’s Raven cawing, “War, war, war—forevermore!” to
grim-faced, junk metal-chested, grifter generals representing
Rule of maudlin merchants of death/sentimental warmongers’ bi
partisan bellicosity—Intersectional Empire: Made In America—
“U-S-A! “

Ol’ Schmo’s Cloud 90 Minute speech preceding shrill, vapid,
viral tag teams of talking heads—Fox-box foot soldiers—
Teaching us that you can see what you wanna see/when “You
ain’t got no responsibility” but to the warmongering
bourgeoisie…

© 2022. Raymond Nat Turner, The Town Crier. All Rights Reserved.

Former forklift driver/warehouse worker/janitor, 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: https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-town-criers-big-tooth-fund PayPal: paypal.me/towncrierRNT

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