Weed De Garden….Prune de Trees!

I HAD NOT SEEN Grampa Nathan since “de NDP Clean Sweep” in de November 27th hysteric elect-shun.

Ah asked him if he cares to comment on de NDP’s “Fourteen- One” Victory. No beating ‘bout de bush he said to me, dat was

no ordinary Fourt een-one (14-1) front to back victory. It was “One-Foot-Een (114) De-Feet; ah humbling reminder of four words in the Book of Daniel, Chapter 5 : “Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin!” meaning: “God has numbered your Kingdom and finished it!”

It’s too early to forget how de World Boss boasted thru out de region dat he was expecting ah Clean Sweep, but finally ended up wid “One-Foot Een!”

Was like ah “ One Foot Een” elect-shun virus terror- eyes-in de ‘Sin’ parties.

Any coincidence dat on December 1st, within five days of de SVG’s Elect-shun, Sin Lucy-Anns went to de Polls and former Pry-mini-ster, Allen Joseph Chastenet, leader of de Sin Lucia United Workers Party (UWP), did equally as badly as his Sin Vin-sin count-apart? In ah 17 seats battle, Chastenett got his One Foot-Een (1-14) licking from Sin-Lucy Labour Party (SLP) led by P.M. Pierre wid 14 seats. Dey were two independent candidates, each got One-Foot-Een! Grampa Nathan feels dat clearly, November/December 2025 were signals of Lucy’s and Vincent’s pull-it-tek-ill departure. However Chastinet took his one seat licking like ah Big Man and resigned as Awe-position leader of de UWP on December 5.

But SVG’s self-made world Boss still carrying feelings foh dat unfortunate, unpardonable bus-head incident.

Dis one-foot-e’en (1-14) defeat at de polls like it sent him into ah place of no return called “ Denighhell!”. Grampa Nathan pointed me to ah Proverb in his Jewish Bible dat says: “Arrogance, self-exaltation, or independence from God, creates a fragile, haughty spirit that sets a person on a direct path to ruin.

“ However dey’s hope in ah promise made after de election by Sin Lucia’s, Pry-Mini-star Pierre who stated that there is a place in Parliament for the Opposition, and dey will move forward and work together.

Nuff ah Dat!

GRAMPA NATHAN OVERSTAYED: 

While still around he attended de swearing in of de New Par-liar-mint and said what he observed was like ah Farm wid de potent-shall like yuh never seen before. Fear-oh’s ole estate needed what Jacob’s son described as ah new dis-pen-say-shun. New tractors and ploughs, compost sites, fresh planting material, fish ponds and tanks waiting to be restored and replenish, farm houses etc. But best of all he said, he saw ah cadre of both young budding as well as experienced farmers, fully vigour-eyes and energ-eyes workers, ready to plough and plant de first seed. All ah could ah tell grampa Nathan was: “ Me Too!

Den ah ask him what about dem glorified promises dat Dr Fry-dey, de new prime minister made like Vat Free Day! Bone-us!

Back-pay! Re-employment of Victim-eyes Un-vax-inhated workers! He interrupted my long talk and said: “ Wait! Wait! young man. Unprecedented!

Unheard of! Those are not just promises, dey are outstanding correct-shuns to anomalies, deviations from normal management practices.” De Ole Sage reminded me dat de last time any pull-it-tek-all party ever promised public workers ah (30 %) thirty percent increase on salaries was in 2001. And it never happened. Den finally, finally grampa Nathan said: Tell Vincent-Shuns, be payshunt yuh can’t prove true love in two months, not even in 24 years and eight months. And tell Dr Frydey “Garling say trust no shadow! All skin teet is nah grin. Weed-up de Garden!”

And wid dat is gone ah gone again.

One Love Bassy

_ Bassy Alexander is a land surveyor, folklorist and social commentator.