Standpipe Politics with Smartie and Moron (2)

 

 

Hi Smartie,

Did you get the thing?

I did indeed Moron

And man I had a fling.

So tell me something

Was it a lot?

What?

I asked you,

If it was a lot.

I don’t know anything

About a dot.

I understand now.

You cannot hear.

I should be able to,

I am quite near.

Smartie, the pipe is running

Quite slow today.

I believe it’s the BWA

The Revenue Authority…

What do you mean?

No Moron,

I mean the BWA not the BRA

No Smartie, not that scene

Leave the ladies out.

That’s obscene.

Come on Moron

I mean the Barbados Water Authority,

The BWA,

Oh sorry, Smartie,

I wasn’t thinking.

On the other hand

It looks like you were drinking.

But the BWA is something else though.    

The bills more than double

And now I’m in trouble.

Now Moron, I am lost

Cause I don’t understand.

Come on Smartie

Don’t you read the news?

This is the first time ever

That you didn’t have a view.

 

 

You cool it Moron

Cause you are not smarter than me.

Both of us are here at the standpipe…

Even that you could see

But I hear on the news

The water bill will be more.

That is true, Moron

But the standpipe is outdoors.

And as long as they don’t count buckets

We could catch by the score.

I thought I had you there

But you real smart, man.

That is my ability.

That’s why you are Moron

And I am Smartie.

A lull in the conversation…

By the way though Moron,

It’s the same water rate.

Just that they have added on sewage

To fix the south coast plant,

And for the new trucks

They have added on garbage.

 

Smartie I hear over the news

That some just paying the water rate

And the BRA advises

That is a big mistake.

Well I will tell you the truth Moron,

I feel it will end up in court,

For to attach it to the water bill

Cannot be sport.

A little lull…

Plus and to put what you pay to the other two,

That is foolishness in my view.

You lost me there, Smartie

Well if they only pay the water rates

Their water bill will go into arrears

And eventually more people

Will join us out here.

Well let me get my water quickly

Cause soon they could be a crowd.

We can talk now it is quiet

But soon out here could be loud.

Yes Moron you get the point

But for right now

This standpipe is still our fount.

But Smartie,

How is the business going?

I mean with your oldest boy.

On the street they are saying

You are his decoy.

Moron,

Look, catch your water and go your way.

I am not about anything so today.

No Smartie,

 I will let you go first.

You fill your bucket

 And then I will fill mine.

After all you must be about your business

But I have got time.

Now that Smartie has gone

Let me give you an update:

About his son’s pharmaceuticals…

The authorities are closing in

And he is heading for trouble.

 

 

Tell the PM to leave this standpipe alone

It is tax-free,

Garbage-free

And sewage-free

And to me and Smartie

It is like home.

Don’t forget to celebrate Independence.

Signing out from the standpipe:

I gone…

Stewart Russell © November 2018