As my mind raced into the future to 2045, I was not amazed at what I saw. It was the perfect crime and someone had to be imprisoned. Suddenly, my mind wandered back to the present. Therefore before I forget or become fearful of the consequences, I will tell you what I saw.
It was August 4, 2045. Grand Kadooment was in process and the revellers were wearing cleverly designed silent doctor costumes of guavas, golden apples, cerasee and soursop. Suddenly a crowd gathered for protection around the community health band on Spring Garden because a news flash had indicated that the Caribbean was on a “health alert”.
News immediately circulated that a dangerous group of fugitives calling themselves the “Unhealthy Snack Vampires” had illegally invaded the parade and the marshals were diligently trying to locate them. The fugitives were parading in skimpily designed corn curl and cheese twist costumes and wore matching sodium phosphate shoes coloured with FD&C yellow No. 5 and FD&C red No. 40, monosodium glutamate socks and hydrogenated cotton-seed oil and salt headpieces.
Afflicted revellers
The band leader was called “Sad Sam Corn Curl” and his revellers were considered armed with dangerous food additives and oils; on contact they left traces of dusty particles. Noteworthy, they were not to be approached. The Food Brigade Investigators (FBI) were on Spring Garden to keep vigilance with the silent doctor defence squad led by blue vervain and flaxseeds.
Interestingly, the revellers in the corn curl band were afflicted with asthma, high cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, varicose veins, gout, insomnia and low self-esteem. It was imperative to locate them for illegally parading in Grand Kadooment (an epic festival of Crop Over), one of the premier festivals in the Caribbean.
Meticulously, the silent doctors’ medics who despised unhealthy snacks were under a lush green tent offering healthy snacks. They had combined two tablespoons of ground flaxseeds and nutmeg and were serving it with sliced guava, golden apples, watermelon and tamarinds. The revellers were amazed at the energetic burst of stamina which followed the consumption. They also combined half a tablespoon of cayenne pepper and one tablespoon of cinnamon served rolled on sweet potatoes, Bajan cherries, tomatoes, garlic and soursop for the diabetic revellers.
On evading the marshals and passing the health tent, the band leader for Corn Curls was enraged. He was heard saying “our plan cannot fail; we came here to make them sick”. On hearing “Sad Sam”, the revellers “gobbled” down the flaxseed/cinnamon mixture and smiled.
• Annette Maynard-Watson, a teacher and herbal educator, may be contacted via [email protected] or by telephone 250-6450.
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Next week: Corn curls regroup.
