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Unbelievable
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
07 Dec 2022
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Unbelievable
Statistics as of December 6, 2022 (Image: https://mappingpoliceviolence.us/)

Unbelievable

It’s been a day—
No—two days…
Unbelievable…
It’s been a week—
No—two weeks…
Unbelievable…

Unbelievable…
as if
Magic word directives uttered
in unison—were intoned
across all states, cities, counties,
hamlets, villages, ghettoes, barrios,
reservations, borders
same time; same day—unbelievable…

It’s been a month—
No—two months…
since ‘party lights’
red, white and blue;
since yellow tape command;
oinks on where to stand and
raucous rallies planned; since
ominous warnings to listeners
and viewers:
Since cops killed for fictional
While Black Violations of No
Law—
Unbelievable…

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 and PayPal.

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