Juneteenth

Written by C Hues

June 19, 2022

General Granger graces Galveston
And says the slaves are saved—the Nation one
Smith surrendered, yet slavery Stand
The Field still holds its hand

Hush hush only works so long
Though Grant did try to right the wrong
The South will spread—sever one head
And all that grows is red

Those enslaved—read No. 3
The end of master’s rape and tortures
On this day of Jubilee
We forgot the General Orders

“Forever free”—fighting for liberty from the first war
The Revolution’s blood was black and beige
If Peter Salem and Salem Poor
Could see the Field was traded for the Cage