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2 Pentagon Parties= 1% Kabuki Theater/0 ‘debt ceiling’
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
31 May 2023
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2 Pentagon Parties= 1% Kabuki Theater/0 ‘debt ceiling’

                                                                                                                    2 Pentagon Parties=

                                                                                                       1% Kabuki Theater/0 ‘debt ceiling’

 

2 Pentagon Parties= 0 ‘debt ceiling’

Both war-profiteers, wheeling and dealing—

junk medal-chested generals ever concealing

what greasy-thumbed accountants are stealing

It’s Mike and Ike Kabuki Theater

Where Ol’ Schmo is some smooth operator

Insurance-Bank bailout activator—

Reducing us to: Passive Spectator…

2 Pentagon Parties= 0 ‘debt ceiling’

“Medicare for ALL?! Why, that’s unappealing—

astronomical costs send us reeling!!

You must rely solely on self-healing…”

It’s Mike and Ike Kabuki Theater

Where Ol’ Schmo is some smooth operator

Insurance-Bank bailout activator—

Reducing us to: Passive Spectator…

2 Pentagon Parties= 0 ‘debt ceiling’

“Affordable Housing?! That, we’re not feeling…

“Free Education?!” Hear the pigs squealing:

Both war-profiteers—wheeling and dealing!!

© 2023. 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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