LOVE OF LITERATURE AND HISTORY
Written by C Hues
August 25, 2022
Dying from water, dying in debt Dead sons and daughters, and houses bereft Can’t get the appraisal, black people never left Jesus, we died but my people never slept And the supremacists say white Jesus never wept Consumed by fear, left with doubt We all know there’s not one way out When everything’s so roundabout The politicians keep their clout While people like us endure the drought
Written by C Hues
August 19, 2022
This is uncharted and dangerous To tell the truth takes you down You say, “our team won’t favor us” Indeed, they’ll cheer as you die and drown The lifeguard will laugh and laugh Yes—your savior stays shallow This must be America’s better half Who named a hatemonger “hallow”
Written by C Hues
August 18, 2022
“Freeze”—that’s a word that you’ll never hear When the hunters are armed with lead, followed by fear It’s hands down a bad time to be good But when I put my hands up, all they see is the hood The cops never said freeze to the rapists of Recy If I was passing for white, would corrupt cops even see me? I wonder if I see the light—maybe it finally frees me But death in the dark—it may only freeze me.
Written by C Hues
August 17, 2022
When I was young, I would punch wave after wave Who would you call on Virginia Beach? When the waves grew big, my dad and I would save All the surfers and sunbathers from the ocean’s reach We are here to stop and send All the waves back to Poseidon Now Virginians join the trend And all the DMV will dive in You can’t defeat us—not united Punch and kick like a goddamn fool My older sister looks excited Dad and brother are so cool We are here to stop and send All the waves back to Poseidon Now Virginians join the trend And all the DMV will dive in
Written by C Hues
August 11, 2022
We’re headed downhill like the owners from Ulster Mulattoes were the creation—Brits and Irish were the authors They fancied the fancies, opportunity, and greed As the wants trickled down to overcome the needs It’s a stretch like Reed if you think things are fantastic Pathetic push for power, policies so plastic Politicians lie about lowering the crime rate Yet hardly a single one tries to rehabilitate They put the poor down when the downpour came The middle class is mentioned, but below that is inane You must be insane—cause if you don’t wanna drown Reaganomics must reign, and watch the lie trickle down