Stoplights are an
ecomoic opportunity. Anywhere where traffic slows down becomes an economic
opportunity. Just beyond Spanishtown the road leads to a roundabout. At the
intersection is a tree, stadning alone amidst the dry dusty bushes. Its sparse
shade harbours a stand. Among the things the stand seels are dustcloths, which
In Jamaica are never used for dusting but for all sorts of things. In fact the
cloth, called after the leather equivalent with which you clean windows, is
used for everything. It is that lovely deep cadmium yellow with the broadly
stitched red border. The owners of the stand hang the tree full of their ware.
Usually these yellow dustcloths, but occasionally footballs or plastic bits and
pieces.