I Blame It On Starcom

The following is a poem written from the inspiration of the Market Vendor’s column in the daily Nation Newspaper with a similar title. Recently there was a cry out that the media has to assume the responsibility for the levels of crime and immorality in Barbados. I do believe that radio and television play a very pivotal role in shaping the mind of many but, it’s the “which comes first, the chicken of the egg” all over again. If the listeners turn off and show their intolerance of radio or television, then the media houses can not persist.

 

I Blame It On Starcom

 

It came out snarling and bit her in the thigh

Brown pit-bull caught her listening to Gospel when she walked by

Lookout! he shouted but it was too late

A car hit the woman while the driver was listening to OCM news at eight

Move over! he said in the bus while collecting the fare

Everybody squashed the schoolboy as LoveFM played in the air

I heard “Gimme it!” but the woman wouldn’t obey

They say she was listening to VOB Brasstacks and the crook blew her away

One minute, I pon de phone, I just get through

Now woman, I want dinner! “Tell it like it is” will come on tomorrow too

So much noise in the bus stand from the young boy’s boom box

The boy should turn off that noisy HottFM and maybe listen to Fox

All that traffic on mornings is people waiting to hear

Radio comedian Market Vendor, pon the roads everywhere

Cockle doodle doo show does wake people up from bed

Or perk them up on mornings when they’d rather be dowdy instead

Morals dwindling away and there is growth in criminality

      I Blame It On Starcom, it is their responsibility!

 

 

 

 

 

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