Still the Best Choice

 

 

Of the thirty in the House

She is the best,

She is most definitely a leader

Unlike all of the rest.

 

If she were to go

Tell me what would we do?

Do you know who would lead?

Tell me, do you?

 

With her in charge

There is semblance of hope

But when her two terms are up

Can the others cope?

 

Let’s start with the AG:

Attorney but not General

Unless we mean generally out of focus

As in the case of most people.

 

I like the Deputy PM

Though I can’t tell you why

But to lead this young republic

This I must decry.

 

She seems a little timid

To take on the job of the PM,

And the rest chomping at the bit

Creates a big problem.

 

There is another attorney

That deals in home affairs,

He had hit the ground running

But is now running clear.

 

He cleaned up the South Coast

And the smell and filth gone,

Yet this Minister was suddenly removed

And replaced by another one.

 

Another attorney

Was in charge of our nest egg

But when the liners had to line up

He was removed as the head.

 

 

 

It was given to a female

Who is no longer at the helm,

She did not do any better

Than any of the men.

 

She took over at a time

When there was no tourism,

COVID had everything locked down

Like we were imprisoned.

 

“Cart before the horse”,

Mia has sometimes slipped

But “trick or treat” often becomes

Just simply tricked.

 

A plethora of lawyers

But Constitution reform is struggling,

Most of it is finished, as I speak,

Please excuse the bungling.

 

Opposing stalwarts combine

To represent a charged MP

In spite of a high-level command

That this should never be.

 

Two cream of the crop,

Legal luminaries, I mean,

Are fighting on the same side

In spite of Miss Supreme.

 

A most recent MP

Is talking a great fight

And though shootings are isolated

Ours is a woeful plight.

 

 

Meanwhile Mia is rising

On the International scene,

Rubbing shoulders with big ones

Regal and supreme.

 

Viewed rather favourably

Across the Caribbean,

She is perhaps the greatest leader

Barbados has ever seen.

 

Rhetorically speaking

There are few her equal

And I am speaking both regional

And International.

 

If for some reason

A general election had to be called,

With her at the controls

She would take them all.

 

The DLP, as we can see,

Have not pulled up their pants

And even after two 30-0 drubbings,

Are yet to advance.

 

Caught with pants down

In an out of season election,

The DLP have virtually suffered

Total rejection.

 

 

And while many rejoiced

And also jumped and waved,

We are now facing a dire situation

That is particularly grave.

 

So, if not Mia,

Who will manage this country?

If not the BLP

Who else would it be?

 

Some are desperately hoping

She will change her mind

Regarding only two terms in office

To which she was inclined.

 

 

She may have lost ground

But so too have the DLP,

I pray they get their act together

And that they do so quickly.

 

Mia is still the best choice

As far as I can see

But presently I don’t see far

So, you tell me.

 

Stewart Russell © September 16, 2023