Written by C Hues
February 10, 2022
Currency
Written by C Hues
February 9, 2022
Who should be on our currency? 2Pac, Biggie, Nas, or Curren$y? One Franklin gone, another to supersede him Parks, Coretta Scott King, Ali Jimi Hendrix on the five, smashin’ a fender Pac still alive, no more pretenders Harriet bumps Hamilton, a new era starts Women get equal pay as the ten changes gender Jefferson tried to escape what happened w/ Hemings Jackie Robinson endured in and outta the innings But light will shine on history’s darker people 42 on the 2 and the real hero’s winning Bass Reeves replaces Andrew Jackson Thurgood Marshall on the dollar gains traction “If only”, some say like it’s just a dream But nothing is gained through lack of action
Currency
Anger
Written by C Hues
February 1, 2022
Rage rode Baldwin right to France Indignation made the Nation Fury forced Malcolm to take his stance Ire hit apartheid with sanction Anger cannot tell the tale Anger cannot break the ceiling All Anger does is fail Because Anger is just a feeling
Anger
The Golden Age
Written by C Hues
January 28, 2022
The box we watched was full of fakes Mobster and ad man, meth cook and beat cop The Golden Age bred silver tongued snakes Yet we tuned in and could not stop From Roger to Don From Chris to Tony From McNulty to Stringer They all were phony We saw them kill, torture and steal Just hoping they would come around We waited and waited and still Their souls stayed lost and never found From Roger to Don From Chris to Tony From McNulty to Stringer Souls lost and lonely
The Golden Age
The Heel
Written by C Hues
January 18, 2022
What makes a movie great? Is it the hero, the journey, or each camera shot? No! It’s finding a heel to hate Their machinations, their cunning, what they plot Discovering justice, at least on screen Villains vanquished! And bullies beat Karma’s reward finally seen That is the movie’s greatest treat Movies prove that hell is real That dastardly deeds will be repaid To see the debtor pay his bill And the liar lie in the bed he’s made.
The Heel
NON SERVIAM
Written by C Hues
January 17, 2022
For Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his service to humanity
A King who served like Serena Who showed there was no one way to be free He had the blood of those who fought Jim Crow and NINA And saw the same struggle of Ali as Charles McGee A man whose enemy was Non Serviam Who knew doing nothing was as bad as doing wrong He risked everything to speak the truth on Vietnam Indeed, the moral arc of the universe is long
[1] NINA means “No Irish Need Apply” and was used to discriminate against Irish Catholics. [2] A reference to Dr. King’s statement that the moral arc of the universe is long but bends toward justice.