LOVE OF LITERATURE AND HISTORY
Written by C Hues
June 24, 2023
There’s that feeling in your heart That hollows out the hope And takes away the art Makes you want to mope That makes the color blue The only one you see And knowing that your view Is like an endless sea So you’re stranded—sinking And as you gasp for air Then you get to thinking You’re still not dead there The fish swim by—ignore The sharks don’t bite you like onscreen The octopus blends with the floor You’re drowning and unseen
Written by C Hues
June 23, 2023
Betrayal by blood. Blood’s much thinner than money. Money’s betrayal.
Written by C Hues
June 22, 2023
There once was a boxer named Jim. Late nights, he’d been trained in the gym. His owner’s the owner. The dog was a loner. Now the man’s a companion to him.
Written by C Hues
June 20, 2023
There’s a British artist named Drew. He fails all his art classes too. He mocks his professors. Draws them as bed-wetters. And shows they don’t go to the loo.
Written by C Hues
June 19, 2023
The rapists and torturers fled to the Lone Star State Where they latched onto their lie as long as lies last The Emancipation—they said wasn’t their fate And neither was the 13th when that was finally passed. This is the weary road to have freedom won Two years after the end of slavery’s name And General Order number three would be done As General Granger went forth to proclaim. And today we look back at this day of Jubilee Where my people are locked up, beaten down, and free While this generation faces problems—past, present, and portent And supremacists hide history to say we’re not important. But now it’s time to take another view Of the power of the people of Uhuru! Despite the odds, there is joy in the strife Because Black is the root and the future of all life.
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