The Perfect Cone

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Yesterday, my daughter and I had to make a necessary trip to mall. She has to buy a blouse for lunch on Saturday. She has been invited to meet with new personages from the UK, perhaps on her capacity as an urbanist/environmentalist. Never had we bought any wear during the long pandemia. All clothes worn, and believe it, shirts are tattered. Not much to do at a coffee kiosk where I was seated all the duration of clothes picking, I indulged my self with 'selfies.' Glad only a few people walked the almost hallowed grounds where children used to shriek. I kinda like it that way. Quiet. Thus, the selfie. Meant to upload one for this post. But nah! My daughter came with a brown shopping bag saying our Veep Leni has filed her candidacy for the presidency of the land. And the gentle lady has worn a pink ribbon against her blue blouse. So, my daughter took it upon her self to buy pink ribbons and pink masks also. Ha ha. And she showed me social media posts from her friends that even Batman is colored pink! Almost reduced me to tears. It had been a long time coming. Five years of despotic rule has almost stripped the Filipino of dignity. Now, the Filipino is about to redeem that dignity, under the leadership of Leni, a reluctant politician whose only desire is to serve those at the fringes of society. Leni once walked the rice fields and waited for the farmer to complete his tasks tilling the soil so she could render him legal advice. Leni endured the elements with a farmer's hut to keep her cool. Leni once slept on a fishing boat because she had to catch the fisher folks after they pull a heavy haul from the sea. Just to explain to them their basic rights under the law. Yes, the once shy Leni was the only woman standing amid a jail full of men telling the hardened criminals of their chances to reform and come back to society. All those before she became the 'lambasted veep' left with no funds to run her office. Yet, she delivered via the help of volunteers and donors, helping the marginalized, coming to aid of those severely affected by disasters, braving the war-thorn Marawi checking the plight of the people displaced. Leni hails from Bicol, a province that prides its people of the world's perfect cone - the Mayon Volcano. Yesterday, that volcano changed its colors to pink - signifying the dawning of a new day, because one of its own has the courage to fight for the country. LENI. Picture courtesy of google.