Claudette

Written by C Hues

March 6, 2023

Oh, they’ve made you a footnote!
Obscuring your name, Claudette.
But you are here, and not remote.
You did not give up your seat.

Oh, they said you were too young!
And—an unmarried mother.
But you stood up and went unsung.
Men’s faces on the movement.

Unjust that we deemed you wrong!
Cops made suggestive remarks;
Harassment on the ride along.
Yet still you stood tall and strong.