by Raymond Nat Turner “When a thief kisses you, count your teeth.”
—Yiddish
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III. Shut Guantanamo/ free ‘em all!
Orwellian as
Ever, code-switching
‘Interests’ translating
Into spying and
Lying, Commander
Unpacked politics
As concentrated
Expression of
Economics,
War with less violent
Means, diplomats
Subbing for Marines…
Like the Nixon visit,
Following “ping-pong diplomacy—”
And China’s off and running
On the “capitalist road” we see…
Rulers sometimes move to remove
Some things from the headlines,
While sharpening long knives and
Memories, having no deadlines…
Was street heat hurting Wall Street
Default swappers, sub-primers, too big
To fail, in the midst of seasonal retail?
“Our interests,” “our values,” & Cubans
Freeing 53, inspiring his new lust for liberty?
Raise our hands shouting these demands:
Try swindlers and banksters like Wells-Fargo
Keep pushin’ for ending the embargo
Exonerate Assata, shut Guantanamo
Withdraw slave-patrols, AKA po-po
Convene Peoples’ Tribunals under Jericho
Host numero uno at Harlem’s Apollo—
Shout something that we all now know
It’s way past time to let ‘em ALL go:
Ruchelle ‘Cinque’ Magee, 49 years
Hugo ‘Yogi’ Pinell, 49 years
Romaine ‘Chip’ Fitzgerald, 45 years
*Marshall Eddie Conway, 42 years
Mondo We Langa, 42 years
Ed Poindexter, 42 years
+Herman Wallace, 42 years, 41solitary confinement
Albert Woodfox, 42 years, 41solitary confinement
Jalil Muntquin, 41 years
Russell Maroon Shoats, 40 years, 30solitary confinement
Sundiata Acoli, 40 years
Herman Bell, 39 years
Veronza Bowers, 39 years
Try swindlers and banksters like Wells-Fargo
Keep pushin’ for ending the embargo
Exonerate Assata, shut Guantanamo
Withdraw slave-patrols, AKA po-po
Convene Peoples’ Tribunals under Jericho
Host numero uno at Harlem’s Apollo—
Shout something that we all now know
It’s way past time to let ‘em ALL go:
Robert ‘Seth’ Hayes, 39 years
Leonard Peltier, 37 years
Chuck Africa, 34 years
Debbie Africa, 34 years
Delbert Africa, 34 years
Eddie Africa, 34 years
Janet Africa, 34 years
Janine Africa, 34 years
Michael Africa, 34 years
Phil Africa, 34 years
Mohamman Kati, 34 years, 86 years old
David Gilbert, 31years
*Sekou Odinga, 31years
Try swindlers and banksters like Wells-Fargo
Keep pushin’ for ending the embargo
Exonerate Assata, shut Guantanamo
Withdraw slave-patrols, AKA po-po
Convene Peoples’ Tribunals under Jericho
Host numero uno at Harlem’s Apollo—
Shout something that we all now know
It’s way past time to let ‘em ALL go:
Oscar Lopez Rivera, 31 years
Zolo Azania, 31 years
Mumia Abu Jamal, 31 years, 30 on Death Row
Abdulla Majid, 30 years
Joan Laaneim, 28 years
Mutulu Shakur, 26 years
Jamil Al-Amin AKA H. Rap Brown 12 years,
2solitary confinement
Kamau Sadiki, 10 years
*Lynne Stewart, 4 years
Try swindlers and banksters like Wells-Fargo
Keep pushin’ for ending the embargo
Exonerate Assata, shut Guantanamo
Withdraw slave-patrols, AKA po-po
Convene Peoples’ Tribunals under Jericho
Host numero uno at Harlem’s Apollo—
Shout something that we all now know
It’s way past time to let ‘em ALL go:
It’s way past time to let ‘em ALL go…
* Released; + Deceased… Note of Poetic License:
Events and individuals alluded to in this poem are
Fictional. The U.S doesn’t torture. The U.S. doesn’t
Have Political Prisoners, Prisoners of War or Ancestors.
Raymond Nat Turner © 2014 All Rights Reserved