Dear Editor,
A young man approached me and asked me if he could tell me something. I answered “always” and he said: “I know that several of all you who does write in the papers does make sense , but I want to be the first to get credit for this. I have proof that birds of a feather does flock together and the UP and the NA have to watch out because the flock can get bigger if three more join the gaggle.”
It did not register right away because I was not in a political frame of mind. I was preoccupied in restraining myself from really writing what I wanted to write in connection with the constant power outages of G.E.B.E. But he used the word gaggle and a light went on. A gaggle of geese, birds of passage, only three more needed to join, “what you mean the US party?” He said: “Yes but we going to use the same letters and call them ‘United Ship-jumpers,’ and we going make ‘Follow the leader’ the theme song.”
I do not write people’s opinion but as a calypso writer this was authentic calypso material and coming from a young Sint Maartener, it would not sit well with me to let this go to waste. I was still contemplating whether to write or not to write when the final push came as he called me this afternoon and told me: “What Theo doing, he’n going to get any secrets about the new hospital, she is Truthfull.”
Not to be outdone by that young fellow, permit me to add a little flavour to it. 5000 strong can’t be wrong is left to be seen ‘cause it only takes a little injection and the orange will turn back green. By the way is it permitted for a party to register as Ship-jumpers Unanimous and say that is US?
Russell A. Simmons
