Many ways to fast death

There are many ways citizens are dying, and many things are killing us softly. If criminal activity does not get you, political stress, ole talk and mamaguy will. If economic stress does not get you, economic jargon and advisers will. If high prices do not get you, taxation and the Consumer Affairs Department will.

If traffic stress doesn’t get you, a day at the Licensing Department will. If a speeding driver does not kill you, a wait for the insurance money will.

If police inaction does not get you, domestic violence and a breach of the protection order will.

If tobacco and alcohol do not get you, bad food will. If doubles and fried chicken do not get you, rotten corned beef will. If bad medicines do not get you, a wait at a health institution will. If job loss or a broken relationship does not get you, depression will.

If national football does not get you, national cricket will.

If personal tragedy doesn’t get you, social media will. If bank fees do not get you, the hunt for forex will. If bikini mas does not get you, bacchanal in pan and calypso will. If the wait for justice doesn’t get you, legal fees will.

And the beat goes on. Life in TT really stressful in truth.

KEITH ANDERSON via e-mail