Nobody got plan fuh de people sleeping pon de pavements

Jul 31, 2025 Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists

Kaieteur News – Dem boys seh is one thing to got street lights, but is a whole next level when you got more people sleeping under dem lights than walking under dem.

Up to now, not a single political party come out and seh anything serious ’bout de street dwellers in Georgetown. Dem talking ’bout high-rise buildings, sky bridges, smart cities, digital IDs, oil blocks and blockchains—but dem nah see de cardboard city right deh pon Regent Street.

One fella tell we that in this election, de homeless gon vote too—but only if yuh put de ballot box next to de drain dem sleeping beside.

Dem boys seh is like de politicians blind to de homeless. Maybe dem think street dwellers is part of de infrastructure—like lamp post and trench. After all, dem always deh in de same spot, rain or shine, right outside de fancy buildings, like de decorative plants yuh don’t water.

One time, a politician pass by and seh, “We have to remove these vagrants.” And we thought he meant give dem shelter, food, or even a plan. But no. He meant literally remove dem—like garbage. No policy, just push broom.

Dem boys seh if you ask any party today what they gon do fuh de street people, dem gon stutter like a man who see he wife and he sweetheart at de same time. Suddenly dem forget words like “inclusive society” and “leaving no one behind.”

But is not just fuh laugh. Is a shame. We building big stadiums, opening solar farms, and planning ferries to Suriname, but people still bathing at de public pipe near Bourda Market.

Dem boys seh maybe one day some big politician gon end up sleeping on de same cardboard—and realise cardboard don’t vote, but it does remember.

Til then, is promises in Parliament and pillows on pavements.

And dat is why dem boys seh, Georgetown looking like one city above the ground, and another one lying down on de pavements.

Talk half. Leff half

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