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Did New Yorkers say, No Mo Cuomo; No Mo Turkey Trot with Papa Cop?
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
02 Jul 2025
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Eric Adams, Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani

Did New Yorkers say, No Mo Cuomo;
No Mo Turkey Trot with Papa Cop?
Did they say they can See something and
Say something brighter’s on the horizon?

Did New Yorkers say, “Change ….                       not spare change?”
Did they say it’s way past time for Go-Go hammers? Way past time
For symphonies of whining saws? Way past time for sawdust storms—
Getting Amish—      ‘bout raising thousands of rent-stabilized roofs?

Did New Yorkers say they want their subway station at St. Nick/145th
Sparkling and clean? Even pristine? With upper westside pride? With
1-10-Cathedral-Parkway/Frederick Douglass facelift? Bright rainbow mosaic
Of tiles: likeness of Melissa Freeman, MD— Where A, B, C, D run FREE?

Did New Yorkers say, they don’t need a 35,000-strong conquering
Army under Papa Cop tutelage, plastic cuffing peace marches?
Reigning baton blows on Black Lives Matter? Teaching Columbia, City
College, NYU, New School students and professors pain compliance?

Did New Yorkers say that neither disgraced donkey speaks to The
Peoples’ needs? Like the warfare state that only bombs and bleeds?
Did they say No Mo toxic cultures of fear and intimidation? No Mo
Conflicts of interest and mis-administration?

Did they say, No Mo Cuomo? No Mo Turkey Trot with Papa Cop?
No Mo deputy devils quoting scripture from their deep-pocketed
Puppet-masters’ Bible? No Mo romance with their worn, torn and
Ragged 1% playbook?

Did New Yorkers say, No Mo Cuomo? No Mo Turkey Trot with Papa
Cop? No Mo mischief and bullying with politicians moneybags’ backing?
Did they say, “Now’s The Time:” to send both Papa Cop and Cuomo packing?
Did they say, “Now’s The Time:”   …  to demand the ‘impossible?’

© 2025. Raymond Nat Turner, The Town Crier. All Rights Reserved.

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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