Don’t Have A Clue

 

 

I don’t have a clue,

I really don’t, you know,

And this in spite of the authorities

That tell me so.

 

All these trouble spots,

Propaganda and innuendo

And ignorant as I am,

I still don’t know.

 

Rights being trampled

Children being deprived,

Third world countries suffering

As big countries connive.

 

Propaganda sweet

Bringing others to their feet

And we ignorantly repeating

What we are told to repeat.

 

Arguing and parroting

What we do not know

And stupid enough to chant,

I told you so.

 

As though you know

All of the ins and outs

When in your sober moments

Like me, you are in doubt.

 

 

Russia and Ukraine-

We have that down-packed!

Just give me a hearing

And I’ll tell you the facts.

 

Let me send you a link

Or a YouTube track

Or better still, at your fingertips,

Here is a WhatsApp.

 

Here is another one,

Another and another,

Telling all you need to know

On this hotspot matter.

 

Russia is a big bully

Just like the USA

And their singular intention

Is to make the Ukraine pay.

 

Like deviant children

Biting the hand that feeds

And forgetting how Russia

Had supplied their needs.

 

Ukraine on the other hand

Flirting with others

And siding with other countries

To cause Russia a bother.

 

Just something I’ve heard

But I don’t have a clue

And I have a strong feeling,

Neither do you.

 

 

Then there is Trump,

Biden’s predecessor

Where Biden is the President

But Trump, the aggressor.

 

Bajans will be voting

Come November 2024

For concerning the US of A

No country knows more.

 

Thousands of miles away

And they know a lot,

They can fill in you or anybody

On any conspiracy plot.

 

They talk like they know

But don’t have a clue

And again, I have this feeling

That neither do you.

 

 

Now a narrow strip

Bearing just over two million

Has become another hotspot

And a colossal problem.

 

Lock on to the news

And follow the views

And notice as you observe,

Everybody has a clue.

 

Or, maybe not so,

But they must take a side

Usually based on a prejudice

That makes them decide.

 

Where information is thin

They ride on the past

And to make the outdated relevant,

Is their task.

 

As Israel is God’s chosen

They must be right,

All others had better line up

Or suffer their plight.

 

But who started the fight?

The one that responds,

Technically, while this is true,

Of it, we are not fond.

 

Conflict resolution

Is not easily resolved

And this, of course, is because

High stakes are involved.

 

 

Like Russia and Ukraine

We have Israel and Hamas,

Resolving who’s right or wrong

Is a difficult task.

 

Is there enough info

To form a solid view?

To be very honest with you

I don’t have a clue.

 

From overseas hotspots

Let’s come on home,

Things should be different here

Since it’s our zone.

 

But alas, it’s no different,

At least, for me,

For the forest is blocked out

On account of the trees.

 

A simple simulation

Outrageously gone south

And as many views emerging

As they are mouths.

 

A press-conference

That was rather vague

 And Barbadians all around

Are still in a daze.

 

 

An Education Reform launch

That promised the world

Followed only a few days later

By the actual absurd.

 

A desperate attempt

To explain the irrational;

A serious philosophical ailment

Has overtaken our people.

 

A deliberate move

To jettison the fundamentals

So that Barbados will be perceived

As all out liberals.

 

So many fires are going,

So many issues to resolve

And neither the leaders nor the led

Sense the gravity involved.

 

I don’t have a clue

And I dare say, neither do you,

Neither abroad nor at home,

Not a single clue!

 

Stewart Russell © October 12, 2023