The Mottley Crew & the Motley Mix

 

 

Currently there’s little comparison

Between the above-mentioned groups:

While the former still has the sway

The latter struggles to regroup.

 

The stronger with its female element

Outclasses the weaker with its males

And after the two thirty-love floggings

The weaker still licks its wales.

 

Our democracy is severely threatened

With no opposition in the House

And who will bell the ferocious cat?

There is not a single mouse.

 

The leader of the Mottley Crew

Marshalls her troupes like a General,

None dares to oppose her wishes!

How I wish one of them would!

 

 

The Mix has a youthful leader

With a fragmented backing to support:

A mix of the vanquished success of the past

And a fairly promising, young cohort.

 

Given the dominance of the Mottley Crew

It appears they will be around for long

And the Motley Mix appears rather clueless

As their wilderness experience prolongs.

 

In the recent past one observes

The several missteps of the Mottley Crew

But the Motley Mix has been so weakened

There appears little that they could do.

 

 

The apparent IDB strategized attempt

Sneaked under the Education Ministry’s nose

And given the emergence of another misstep,

That matter now seems to be closed.

 

One Minister strongly purports

That his Government is one that listens

But those of us who have been around quite long

Know it is not only gold that glistens.

 

I dare say the missteps have been bold

As though each one has been pre-planned-

Telling the more observant amongst us

That things are proceeding according to plan.

 

Put it out there, it would seem to me,

While observing the reaction of John Public

And if it appears it is not a hit

Then don’t be too stubborn to quit.

 

 

Just put up an “Animal Farm” Squealer

To explain the whole matter away

And like the good old Barbadian electorate

We appreciate it is human to stray.

 

And it does not have to make sense

As has been shown in the recent past,

That trouble that was looming on the horizon

Has gone away at last.

 

The Motley Mix only recently demanded

That the Education Minister should resign

But she indicated to all and sundry

That she had no such decision in mind.

 

Her leader subsequently made a decision

To reshuffle the ministerial portfolios

And if she even heard the Motley Mix General

I tell you, it never remotely showed.

 

That Minister still holds her ground

As though nothing untold had happened

And by all indications as far as I can see,

She does not even appear threatened.

 

And then of course, there’s the youngster

That is accused and charge with rape

And given the alleged leak of classified information

Guilty or not he may escape.

 

He has been taken down from the position

He held as the Deputy Speaker

And since initially speaking on the matter,

None can get another squeak out of her.

 

 

Then she cautioned against prejudging

And with her, I can’t help but agree

Because under the Laws of Barbados,

One is innocent until proven guilty.

 

But with all of the Mottley Crew’s missteps

The Motley Mix still struggles,

They have been blown away at every step

By the Mottley Crew’s General.

 

Of course, a day in politics is a long time

And things can quickly change,

The Barbadian electorate can be rather fickle

And do things considered strange.

 

Like that thirty-love in the first instance

And more strangely, did it again,

And now to the extent that some still believe

A third thirty-love could be in train.

 

 

However, Grenada is a stark reminder

For the Motley Mix to bear in mind

That it is still possible to form the Government

When election bells ring next time.

 

But for the time being

They must sort out the inside disputing

To be able to take the greatest possible advantage

Of the Mottley Crew’s miss-stepping.

 

Mottley and Motley:

Just is the single difference of a ‘T’

But that ‘T’ tells who’s large and in charge

And I dare say it is Mia Mottley.

 

Stewart Russell © November 4, 2022