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Neo-Confucian Wisdom In The Age of...Austerity
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
20 Nov 2012
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by Raymond Nat Turner

Confucius say, pimp-slap, kick to curb

He who come with grand bargain

 

Neo-Confucian Wisdom In The Age of...Austerity

by Raymond Nat Turner

 

Confucius say, pimp-slap, kick to curb

He who blame China for Detroit...

 

Confucius say, pimp-slap, kick to curb

He who call you middle-class, but

Block six-figure future;

 

Confucius say, pimp-slap, kick to curb

He who come with grand bargain

Smelling like clean coal;

 

Confucius say, pimp-slap, kick to curb

He who come with talk of entitlement---

Entitle meant you work

Ass off, punch-drunk, punching in and

Out; almost square meeting more

Than four corners...

 

Confucius say, pimp-slap, kick to curb

He who say let Merrill lynch, let

Goldman sack, for one day he

Urinate on you from fiscal cliff---

And call it trickle down...

 

Raymond Nat Turner (c) 2012 All Rights Reserved

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