Well I gine tell ya, in the same way dat you and I does wake up when the morning come and start tuh look at the day ahead wid all the possibilities and positive things we could do tuh make it better and more beneficial than the day before, duh got another set o’ people who does be doing just the bare opposite.
In the same way dat it is a way of life fuh some people tuh be good upstanding, law-abiding citizens who love a happy and peaceful existence, it is the total opposite fuh another set.
And in the same way dat some people would spend duh whole lives creating and inventing things dat would make this world easier and a better place fuh evahbody tuh live in, duh got the other set who does be using dem same brilliant minds tuh create inventions dat would mash up, destroy and brek down any and evahthing dat is good.
I gine tell ya the truth: the good Lord has blessed me with many wonderful gifts for which I am most grateful and thankful, but I wish I had one where I could actually see in tuh the minds o’ some people, especially the ones who does go tuh sleep and wake up wid bare evil ’pon duh minds.
He kept dat one fuh Himself. But I cahn begin tuh imagine how dem does think or how duh even mek up. Now cud’dear, what would make somebody think ’bout building bombs tuh blow up innocent peoplewho only come out tuh enjoy a international event?
You understand what I mean ’bout dem kinda minds? Dem cahn be made out o’ the same material as the type dat mine make out tuh.
You could imagine dem sitting down and creating weapons tuh destroy the lives of people who dem ain’t know from Adam and who ain’t do dem one damn thing but then running and hiding all ’bout between the same people houses tuh save dem own?
Ya does call dem kinda people so cowards. Now this is how I see it: if you got the gumption tuh go out there and kill somebody, you shouldn’t playing you running and hiding.
You should be man or woman enough tuh stand up and say you do it. Wha’ you know dat you went out there wid the sole intention tuh hurt or kill and destroy people lives – and after doing it, now you running fuh yours?
So you want yours but nuhbody, especially innocent people, li’l children who ain’t do nuhbody nutten and, furthermore, ain’t know one flipping thing ’bout you, ain’t want dem wun too?
Well, I gine tell ya, some people ain’t easy at all. Duh too unfair, though. When ya see or hear things like these bombings and killings going on, all ya could do is shake ya head, say Lord have mercy and ask Him for protection as ya go on from day tuh day, hear?
From the time the bombing happened up there in Boston during the annual Boston Marathon, I was trying tuh follow the developments and I gine have tuh tell ya: technology is something else, hear?
Dat is the same thing I was telling you ’bout when I talk ’bout brilliant minds fuh good.
Dem law enforcement people up there in America piece together all kinds o’ images in a flash – four days tuh be exact –and duh flushdem cowards in a hurry.
But, look, duh could do as duh like but I know dat for as long as the good Lord allows His world tuh exist, evil will nevah win ovah good.
• Mavis Beckles was born and raised in The Orleans. She has an opinion on everything.
