LOVE OF LITERATURE AND HISTORY
Written by C Hues
August 30, 2023
Yet to win a major, yet nothing minor about him— Hyattsville hero has heart, humor, haste. You can’t stop his tenacity; your chances are slim. And watching him play is never a waste. As he raises the racket, He serves a mean one too fast for the average Joe. And he raises the racket! The crowd goes wild, as silence takes his foe.
Written by C Hues
August 28, 2023
Men more afraid to lose power than to lose their soul, Fighting for a throne while forgetting King. The less you are the more you control, And it’s never not time to whitewash everything. Rewrite rape the masters did. Call climate change a calculated lie. Grown man with gun condemns a kid. And we just sit and sigh… A sci-fi age, but fantasy world— Where truth is hidden from your sight. Martin’s message can’t be unfurled, When all that’s left is revised right.
Written by C Hues
August 24, 2023
Just as Jefferson thought he’d escaped his blood— He raped his slave Sally, now his name’s mud. Just as Jackson believed he made his legacy last— His crimes against the First People will never pass. Just as Johnson thought he’d set blacks back— We’ve reconstructed Andrew's image for what he lacked. Just as Wilson sought to revive the Klan— A black man rose and said, “Yes We Can.” Just as 45 made his shots on Fifth Avenue— Now that genius has much to rue.
Written by C Hues
August 23, 2023
There’s always a weapon being forged, There’s always a bell being tolled, There’s always hell being raised, There’s always heads gonna roll. There’s always a storm gonna come, There’s always buttons to be pushed, There’s always someone being dumb, There’s always great minds being hushed. There’s never a weapon to truly silence, There’s never a bell that rings forever, There’s never a hell without violence, There’s never a heads up when a soul’s severed. There’s never been a storm that won’t quell, There’s never buttons when you’re at peace, There’s never someone too smart to fail, There’s never been great minds that truly cease.
Written by C Hues
August 20, 2023
Lightning bolt haircut wasn’t the only shock— You zapped past those who’d doubt and mock. Giving it 100 and winning it too— Ridin’ the Kamehameha wave of this Super Saiyan Blue. There’s nothing they can take from you, Lyles. They couldn’t walk a step in your shoes, and you’ve conquered miles. Draped in the American flag, showin’ a stumble’s not a stop— The Fastest Man Alive is smart, black, and on top.