NAMES

BY C HUES

1/28/21

 
 
  
 Chastity had many lovers
 But many did not love her
 And Faith became an atheist
 She knew of none above her
  
 Hope took hold of politics
 She grabbed it by the throat
 When black and brown – they needed help
 She blocked them from the vote
  
 But Melody she sang a song 
 A ballad all enjoyed
 Yet still her ears had stirred her wrong
 And she heard but a void…
  
 Victor failed at everything
 There was no job he kept
 He gambled all his savings
 But couldn’t win a bet
  
 Christian was a Satanist
 Way into heavy metal
 His dad sent him to Catholic school
 Convinced he was the Devil
  
 Tyrone was a white man
 He came from County Down
 His grandson Scott was black
 Scott’s father liked them brown
  
 So now you’ve seen the danger
 That comes with choosing names
 But what is even stranger
 Is how they’re rarely changed