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You’ve got a friend…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
03 Sep 2013
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by Raymond Nat Turner

Drone Man “tagged” you in a note

He wants you to get out the vote

Like tubes down a “detainee” throat

 

You’ve got a friend…

by Raymond Nat Turner

 

Hawkishly watching your “activity log”

Like shadows of the groundhog

Or barks of a German Police dog

 

Eying your “posts” and “news feed”

Ogling ads and messages you read

Protecting freedoms: wars for greed

 

Drone Man wants to be your “friend”

“Like” the trillions his wars spend

“Like” his wars until they end…

 

“Comment” after clicking “like”

“Post” your dislikes and your “likes”

“Like” his new signature strikes!

 

Drone Man “tagged” you in a note

He wants you to get out the vote

Like tubes down a “detainee” throat

 

Drone Man asks, “What’s on your mind?”

To put you in his Gitmo bind—

He’ll say, “Update your status”

As he keeps comin’ at us

With the STATE APPARATUS!

 

Raymond Nat Turner can be contacted at upsurgejazz.com.

 

Raymond Nat Turner © 2013 All Rights Reserved

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