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Down With NRA (For Emma and The Resistance)
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
21 Feb 2018
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down with the NRA

Down with NRA
sponsoring murder in our schools
Down with NRA
hacks claiming guns are just ‘tools’
Down with NRA
mass murders nearly everyday
Down with NRA
banking on bullets which ricochet
Down with NRA
‘cause death’s in their DNA
Down with NRA
tossin’ green papier-mâché
Down with NRA
for shopworn loops of SOS
Down with NRA
senators spewing bull-mess
Down with NRA
thugs who lie and window dress
Down with NRA
infesting the corporate press
Down with NRA
built on its crimson largess
Down with NRA
that weaponized infection
Down with NRA
masked as “self-protection”
Down with NRA
modeling how the “West was won”
Down with NRA
repeating, “good guy with a gun”
Down with NRA
burning bloody, cold, dead hands
Down with NRA
In the flames of our fiery stands!

Poet’s Note: Inspired by great Jazz guitarist Bobby Broom’s “Penny Saved”

Our poet in residence is an acclaimed performing artist. Find much more of his work at http://upsurgejazz.com

Raymond Nat Turner © 2018 All Rights Reserved

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