LOVE OF LITERATURE AND HISTORY
Written by JC Hughes (aka C Hues)
July 18, 2025
Surround yourself with yes men---
Now that's Affirmative Action.
Hire less women and lesser men.
Great---as misogyny gains traction.
I'm an optimist.
I hope I'm never hopeful.
I've faith in bad faith.
Believe who you want to hear---
Your cult of personality.
He commits crimes while spreading fear.
But trade truth for his fallacy.
I'm an optimist.
I hope I'm never hopeful.
I've faith in bad faith.
Written by JC Hughes (aka C Hues)
July 4, 2025
A billion bucks on fireworks
But not a cent on reparations
Birth of labor in the dark
Find freedom in illuminations
People perfecting performances
While workers "live" in trepidation
Reap rewards the other sows
Their pain becomes your decoration.
REFERENCES: Why Do We Celebrate July 4 With Fireworks? The Independence Day tradition dates nearly as far back as the country’s beginning and was proposed by one of the Founding Fathers. Sarah Pruitt. Published July 3, 2019; Last updated June 30, 2025. Accessed July 4, 2025. History.com https://www.history.com/articles/july-4-fireworks-independence-day-john-adams
Written by JC Hughes (aka C Hues)
July 4, 2025
I was born free
But tethered to chains
I was born black
But with white in my veins
I was born wise
But subject to fools
I was born smart
But rejected the rules
I was born blue
But told to bring joy
I was born man
But nicknamed "boy"
I was born again
But saw through the sin.
Written by JC Hughes (aka C Hues)
July 3, 2025
Gehenna translated well.
Please don't damn me, loving God.
I am saved from hateful hell.
Just as July without hail,
The child is without the rod.
Gehenna translated well.
Some days I wake up and wail---
Fear from what's beyond the sod.
I am saved from hateful hell.
Don't torture me, for I hail,
Misinterpret you, and laud.
Gehenna translated well.
Jonah ain't defy the whale.
Jesus shocked with bread and cod.
Gehenna translated well.
I am saved from hateful hell.
Written by JC Hughes (aka C Hues)
July 1, 2025
Gigantic? Too big.
Rely on one syllable.
Each word used is HUGE.
Again, speak so stupidly---
To make America grate.