Month: October 2023

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Samhain

Written by C Hues

October 31, 2023

The ancient Celts saw spirits cross
Returning to their former home
And spoke with sons who heard the loss
Of souls at rest who only roam.

They ate with ancestors gone
And told them of the year
And just as they were getting on
November 1st, the last would disappear.

The time transformed and mumming ended
But now we trick or treat
So we dress up as they pretended
So the Slaugh would face defeat.

Now is a day of carnival
A liminal phase of fun
Where you can have another soul
And become anyone.

REFERENCES: [1] https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/samhain#samhain-merges-with-halloween . History.com editors. Updated October 18, 2023. Original: April 6, 2018. Samhain.

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You People

Written by C Hues

October 25, 2023

“You People”—what wise words…
Like calling a black man “boy”,
It should never be said.
Yet they don’t realize their blood is in “You People”.
Their DNA is in “You People”.
But their hate is not in “You People”.
We have risen above you people.
White supremacists, bigots, and merely prejudiced fools
Should have learned about the truth of “You People” in schools.
“You People” is racist code.
“You People” is your problem.
So you can talk and talk and talk
The less you listen, the more you reveal
About you people.
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One Man

Written by C Hues

October 20, 2023

One man’s frontier is another man’s home
One man’s pleasure is many women’s pain
One man’s dream is another man’s nightmare
One man’s hero is another man’s villain

One man’s riot is another man’s revolution
One man’s slave is the same man’s son
One man’s hatred is another man’s motivation
One man’s gun is another man’s game
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Mask Up

Written by C Hues

October 18, 2023

Don’t want to mask up?
Genius, you’re in our clinic.
I’m sick already.