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The low Barr-Boss Tweet Rapid Response to COVID-19
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
29 Jul 2020
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The low Barr-Boss Tweet Rapid Response to COVID-19
The low Barr-Boss Tweet Rapid Response to COVID-19

“If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.” ― Angela Y. Davis

Lying anarchists, agitators, communists, Marxists
say he’s going Pinochet by the bright light of day…
Misdirection? Distraction? No way! Only 140,000—
well, maybe twenty times that—have died under 
enlightened leadership of low Barr/Boss Tweet…

Still, we have the bes’ tests, the mos’ tests—by far!
The bes’ healthcare in the world (Cuba ain’t $h#%!) 
1% is good to us—takes care of us—cradle to grave…
Stab the wind with your
foam fingers—and chant, “U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A
We’re number 1!”

Now, I don’t know about you—
but I heard low Barr/Boss Tweet
got camouflaged cats jumpin’ from unmarked vans
Sticking swabs up nostrils, testing for COVID-19…

Now, I don’t know about you—
but I heard low Barr/Boss Tweet
got camouflaged cats jumpin’ from unmarked vans
Cornering citizens and tracking their contacts down

Now, I don’t know about you—
but I heard low Barr/Boss Tweet
got camouflaged cats jumpin’ from unmarked vans
Whiskin’ folks off to empty 5 star hotels for 14 day 
Quarantines

Now, I don’t know about you—
but I heard low Barr/Boss Tweet
got camouflaged cats jumpin’ from unmarked vans
Handing hand sanitizer, masks, gowns, gloves to
beleaguered frontliners: housekeepers, nurses, docs…

Now, I don’t know about you—
but I heard low Barr/Boss Tweet
got camouflaged cats jumpin’ from unmarked vans
Cutting $2,000 a month checks and handing them out
to every adult desperately needing to Shelter In Place…

Now, I don’t know about you—
but I heard low Barr/Boss Tweet
got camouflaged cats jumpin’ from unmarked vans
With hammers, nails, saws, two-by-fours, flattening 
the curve, raising roofs over heads of the unhoused—
And oh, by the way, the number 140,000 (X 20) is
Too
BIG
for their badges…

© 2020. 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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