Satiricus wondered how he’d ever win. Not only did he have to defend his KFC party and leaders Nagga Man and Rum Jhaat to his friends; he had to squeeze his nose and do the same for the Pee an’ See and their four partners in their APANU coalition within THE Government coalition. As he ambled into the Back Street Bar, he breathed a sigh of relief most of those partners didn’t really exist!!
“Hey Sato!!” yelled Hari, as soon as he espied his pal. “Like your hungry Minister is a VERY angry Minister!!”
“What the heck are you talking about?” asked Satiricus, with feigned ignorance. It was exactly what he’d feared.
“Buddaaaay! Yuh na hear?” said Cappo in surprise. “Yuh Ministah behave real braadar w’en she bin ah New Strivin’ fuh chicken fry rice!”
“Which Minister?” asked Satiricus, raising his eyebrows. “And why’d she get angry?”
“Who else would create a riot for food?” asked Hari, who was unusually animated. “No other than ‘I is Broomes’, of course!!”
“Yuh know de place, rite, Sato?” said Bungi. “De parking lat deh away fram de Restaurant.”
“Yes,” acknowledged Satiricus, nodding his head.
“Well, de gyard tell ‘I is Broomes’drivah fuh park in de parkin’ lat,” picked up Cappo. “But de bady g’ard, move out de “no parkin’ sign fram near de door and park right deh!!”
“So what this has to do with the hungry Minister ‘I is Broomes’?” enquired Satiricus, innocently.
“Well dat is w’en “I is Broomes” jump out de SUV and knack dong de no-parkin’ sign she-self!!” said Bungi with glee.
“Really?” said Satiricus non-committedly.
“Is where you guys pick up these Ministers?” asked Hari exasperatedly. “The bush?”
“As a matter of fact, she does come from Bartica,” said Satiricus. “And she spent a lot of time in the bush.”
“Wha’ me na like,” said Cappo seriously. “She tell lie pan dem gyard. Now dem guh get fyah.”
“Well the tape don’t tell lie,” said Hari. “Maybe I is Broomes might get fired?”
“Na hol’ yuh breat’” said Satiricus, looking hard at Satiricus.
