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Extinction
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
14 Dec 2021
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Extinction
The Gerry-Mander

                                                                                                                     Extinction

 

We The People of the Planet, Sovereign Citizens of the World,

whose habitat is threatened with destruction hereby enact “The

Dangerous Species Act of 2022” and declare that in order for us

to survive, the following species of empire must be rendered extinct:

 

The Climate Denier Dragon

The Vaccine Apartheid Alligator

The Neo-Con Condor

The Red-White and Blue Shark

The Starred and Stripped Piraña

The U.S. Imperialist Blood-Sucking Squid

The Raytheon Raven; The Boeing Bomber Bird

The Talking Head Hawk

 

The Wall Street Weasel 

The Personhood Predator Snake

The Poisonous Gerrymander

The Bleached-White Filibuster Buzzard

The White-Hooded Voter Suppression Snake

The Cottonmouth Holocaust Denier

The Wild Rug Orange-Faced Ignoramus

The Cult of Personality Do-Do Bird

The low Barr Lizard 

The Red-Hatted MAGAt

 

The Thin Blu Line Lizard

The Blu Lives Matter Parrot

The Stand Your Ground Gutter Snake

The I Feared For My Life Lizard

The January 6th Wild Boer

The Tiki Torch Crow-Magnum Man

The Our Democracy Ostrich

The You Can’t Say Fascism Yet Finch

 

The Dem-Witted Reformist Wren

The Uncle Tom Sotted Owl

The Yes, We Can Crane

The Change You Can Believe in Bull

The Build Back Better Buffalo Chipmunk 

The Working Across Aisles Greenback Ape

The Bipartisan Bull Shit Bird…to name a few…

© 2021. 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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