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They came 4 Moms 4 Housing
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
29 Jan 2020
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They came 4 Moms 4 Housing
They came 4 Moms 4 Housing

Storming “ThTown’s” morning dew like badged vermin
Creeping from bent mist morning light, just before five
Barking cold commands in Pig Latin—or German?
Capitalist property law’s such barbaric jive!
Armed with aerosol bigotry, right from the can
Battering doors as the banksters' blu klux klan

Platoon, battalion, brigade—or whole damn division?
Invading with battering rams, A-Rs, robots and tanks
Raiding the unsheltered with Gestapo precision
For speculating realtors and parasitic banks…
Revealing jungle law of the rich to a woke mass—
Unhoused women and children of the working-class…

Flaunting naked violence of the plutocratic state
Guarding four vacant houses for each person unhoused
Proving—once again—what makes Amerikkka “great—“
Heavy-handed hoods—meeting a movement aroused!!

© 2019. Raymond Nat Turner, The Town Crier. All Rights Reserved.

BAR’s poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner is an accomplished performing artist. You can find much more of his work at http://upsurgejazz.com .

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