Month: May 2025

Written by JC Hughes (aka C Hues)

May 31, 2025

You say you respect the law, yet you ignore Bass Reeves.
And Andrew Jackson's a hero but John Brown's so violent.
Sure---and Google got replaced by Ask Jeeves.
You say you respect King, yet you elected a tyrant.

           You say such shit and perform for free---
           As if you ain't benefit from slavery.

You say you hate predators who put women in peril.
Well, tell that to E. Jean Carroll.
You say you love your heritage and blood---
Yet you view your black cousins as mud.

           You say such shit and perform for free---
           As if we ain't still in slavery.

Written by JC Hughes (aka C Hues)

May 30, 2025

Blacks  standing  over  empty  seats;
Invisible  people  sitting  down...
Invisible  people  standing  up...

Montgomery  buses
seg  re  gat  ed

When white men integrated,
Mulatto was created.
And Brown was debated...

Sep  a  rate
On  the  bus

Integrate in the shack,
In the shed,
In the police car,
In the dark---at knifepoint...
The Southern gentlemen show their Southern hospitality.
Please, show us the errors of black brutality---
How dare we stand?
How dare we speak?
How dare we select peace over war?
Colvin, Smith, Browder, and McDonald---
They are our Mount Rushmore.

REFERENCES: At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance—a New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power. Danielle L. McGuire. 2010. First Vintage Books Edition, October 2011. ISBN: 978-0-307-38924-4. P 14, 32, 64, 65, 69, 71, 72, 73, 119, 132, 133, 160, 161, 178, 179.

Written by JC Hughes (aka C Hues)

May 29, 2025

You're older not a year---
But just another day.
Will wisdom just appear---
Because you're old and gray?
You bring with you your fear...
You thought it flew away?
As death approaches near,
It's love---December-May.

Written by JC Hughes (aka C Hues)

May 16, 2025

Bleed nationalism to create a weaker nation:
All immigrants welcome---except Latino, Black, and Asian,
And Arab, Amazigh, and Native too.
Following Christ is what the Christian hates to do.

You love this land yet you tear down trees
And deny blacks and Natives with the deepest roots.
You raped, slaughtered, and tortured us with ease---
Yet you call us the savages and brutes.

Written by JC Hughes (aka C Hues)

May 15, 2025

Founding Father's a deadbeat dad;
Rivera's self-righteous rage is so sad.
Jefferson was a hypocritical rapist---
And as if that DNA could be debated.

In the South, it continued with Strom.
So surprising---white dad, black mom.
Though the two men may have covered their crime,
Their legacy is exposed by Father Time.

Written by JC Hughes (aka C Hues)

May 7, 2025

Reward rapists with powerful positions---
Send a message to Recy's race.
Attackers ascend while the silenced listen
To the lies of the assholes who save face.

Recy's rapists became military men.
Because they were white---must've been tough to get in.
The dishonorable men had honorable service
And made a black woman do intolerable service.

Written by JC Hughes (aka C Hues)

May 1, 2025

Congrats---you secured Shedeur Sanders in the draft
While our economy tanked and the whole world laughed
Thanks---you're always right
You supersede sound judgment with sound bites
You keep talkin' of kickoff returns
Yet you conceal your tax returns
You're Eric Cartman meets Mr. Burns
Who's gonna protect women from the predator that protects women?
The conscientious Christian still spews such venom
And Saquon may respect the Presidency
But you don't, evidently.

Written by JC Hughes (aka C Hues)

May 1, 2025

Your insurance says they got you covered
Well, sure---unless you're black, poor, and othered
Amazing, and another account's "severely delinquent"
Yet they rob you and make harassment frequent
And scare you over pennies, dimes, and quarters
So, sue and get your court orders
Oh shit---Labcorp comes to collect
Over ten dollars that will make them wealthy yet
And then you go to the doc and get overbooked
Or go to urgent care and get overlooked
Being black brings invisibility
As healthcare makes you sicker and filled with enmity
Good golly, they sure take care of you
Before your death, they add stress to bury you.