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United Nations Negroz
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
28 Feb 2024
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 Linda Thomas-Greenfield
US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield votes against a Brazil-sponsored draft resolution on October 18, 2023. Mike Segar/Reuters

United Nations Negroz



Lightweight, portable—wind-powered—

United Nations Negroz need no batteries.

They run quietly and smoothly; And have

small carbon footprints.

Like corporations— they are people. Plug them 

into foundations or situations—like the United 

Nations—and they’ll run all day and all night …

moving mouths with Wall Street/militarist messaging. 

Wind them up and they’ll go into combat convulsions.

Bully pulpit spasms—repeating terrorist talking points—

Ad nauseam … intersecting and protecting

Empire … reducing homes, hospitals, schools to rubble.

Wind them up and they’ll spin! Stonewall! Gaslight! Muddle!

Jumble! Blur a weapons lab with fog of war. Wind them up and

Children become bloody cuts of meat marked: “Civilian Casualties” 

“Collateral Damage—” marked down for daily “Self-Defense” sales.

United Nations Negroz come with warranties—

Money-back guarantees against breaking with

Empire and recognizing …       the humanity of 

Palestinians …

Š 2024. 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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