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Bipartisol and the ailing body politic
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
28 Jun 2023
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Bipartisol and the ailing body politic
Image: Dave Whamond / Cagle Cartoons

                                                                                    Bipartisol and the ailing body politic

 

Body politic’s ailing.

Has it/they/you experienced any of the following:

Shooting Du Jour Disease? War Of The Week

Syndrome? Sleepless nights? Dry mouth? Bloating

Budget for killing? Depression? Diarrhea? Constipation—

and suicidal ideation—Last Days of Pompeo…worrying

about Boss Tweet running for anything other than

Exercise at Leavenworth or Lompoc?

Body politic’s ailing.

Has it/they/you experienced any of these symptoms of

Freedom Caucus Disease? Nightmares related to Driving

Miss Crazy/Peach State nut job? Driving Rocky Mountain

Ma Barker to gun for your Social Security—while a Buck-

eye State wrestler wrestles away your Medicare under the

Guise of governing?

Body politic’s ailing.

Has it/they/you experienced any of the following

Psy-Op Symptoms?

Gaslighting? Stonewalling? Suspended disbelief in

Budgets being moral documents? Bamboozling? Hood-

winking nightmares like “Thoughts and prayers” in AI lies?

Body politic’s ailing.

Has it/they/you suffered Corporate Lobbyist Laryngitis—

losing—or never having

Voices on Capitalist Hill? In the War House? Or, White Supreme Court?

Has it/they/you suffered baseball-size bipartisan lumps in your breasts?

Your balls? Your

Brains? Lumps metastasizing in urinary tracts? Lumps pissing you off

… passing painful Roger Stones—and other dirty tricks—on the way to

Polls perched on Fiscal Cliffs? Are spin doctors suggesting meds that will

Build Back Better—after your lobotomies?

While many countries may have multiple parties…

Ask your doctor if Bipartisol is right for you…

Don’t take Bipartisol on an empty stomach. Don’t

Take it without a roof over your head.

Don’t take Bipartisol if you’re allergic to elephant

excrement or donkey dung!

And stop taking Bipartisol immediately, if you become sick and

Tired of being sick and tired of inter-imperialist saber-rattling—of

Nuclear white male rivalry with capitalist roaders and rich czars…



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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