The Reality
So very clear i dare say
I do remember that day
Gun toteing men
Wearing fatigues
Crawling about on the TV screen
Just like in a movie scene
Only
That was the reality
Not one bit surprising
Until
The announcement of
A coup d'etat
© gillena cox 2026
Well done. Sometimes it's hard to tell what's real...
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I agree with Paula.
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A powerful insight composed well - Jae
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Big boys with their toys – all playing cops and robbers or cowboys and Indians or something. What a pity they take themselves seriously!
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An indelible memory, I imagine. Thanks for sharing it.
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Gillena, I really hope that didn't happen to you. How traumatic if so! I think of the ICE agents terrorizing neighborhoods in the US right now. We are living in frightening times.
ReplyDeleteYou describe them perfectly here:
"Gun toteing men
Wearing fatigues
Crawling about"
A memory of a 1990 coup here in Trinidad🇹🇹
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It's nice to play cowboy and Indians but sadly it is now for real!
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It is a scary thought... and it happens from time to time
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Etched in your mind, what began as an ordinary, even prosaic report surprised as it was indeed a coup, wonderfully told.
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