{"id":207240,"date":"2022-03-28T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T11:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=207240"},"modified":"2022-03-17T04:04:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T04:04:50","slug":"confession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/03\/confession\/","title":{"rendered":"Confession"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhen buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.\u201d\u00a0<\/em> \u2014P. J. O\u2019Rourke<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cCouncilmember XYZ, you said
\nyou\u2019d support my measure\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

I lied.
\nI keep my eyes on the prize\u2014
\nand during this most trying time
\nI can\u2019t be seen as soft on crime\u2026<\/p>\n

I\u2019m throwing my hat in the ring
\nfor a run for the mayor\u2014Because
\nreally, it\u2019s from there\u2026 I can have a
\nBully pulpit\u2014A really good fit\u2014
\nAnd get out from under the gun\u2014And
\nreally get some things done\u2014Making
\nmeaningful, impactful policy that will
\nHelp our people\u2014All People!<\/p>\n

And I\u2019ll be in a position to help
\neven more of our people\u2014All People\u2014
\nas governor\u2026 Ain\u2019t gon\u2019 be no more
\nGerrymandering with me in the
\nstatehouse! And when I run for the
\nSenate I\u2019ll be in a position to help
\nstill more of our people\u2014All People!
\nFilibuster\u2019s days are numbered with
\nme\u2014One of 100!
\nBut, I\u2019ll tell you right now that I can\u2019t
\nbe seen as soft on sanctions; weak with
\nsupport for our fighting men and women
\nAround the world\u2026<\/p>\n

Whoa, now, what\u2019s with that sigh?
\nWhere\u2019s the nuance? Your silly lil
\ncommunist sigh tells me that you
\ndon\u2019t understand politics as the art of
\nCompromise\u2014\u201ctell no lies\u2014claim no easy victories\u2026\u201d
\nI\u2019m about change you can believe in\u2014not some damn
\nsweet potato pie up in the sky\u2026<\/p>\n

___________________________________________<\/p>\n

Raymond Nat Turner<\/span> is <\/em>Black Agenda Report\u2019s poet in residence and a performing artist.<\/em><\/p>\n

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