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Common again…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
08 Oct 2013
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by Raymond Nat Turner

Making perpetual war,

Disposable killing machines

 

Common again…

by Raymond Nat Turner

 

“Bomb, bomb, bomb— bomb, bomb Iran”

Rich “psycho,” singing

Like a “ticking time bomb—”

His syphilitic brain’s synapses

Rhythmically locked in

Perfect harmony with

Hidden handlers…

 

Poor “madman,” “maniac,”

Senile war criminal, his

War whoop voicing chords

Of latex-gloved puppeteers

Making perpetual war,

Disposable killing machines,

Monthly mass murders common

Again, like lynching & scalping…

 

Raymond Nat Turner can be contacted at upsurgejazz.com.

 

Raymond Nat Turner © 2013 All Rights Reserved

 

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