MANGKOKOLUM!

IMBUED with the herd mentality of vermin held rapt by a piper tune to march into the sea, the populace-- without as much as a protest or protestation-- accepted their rueful fate under house arrest. 'Twas bruited about as measure to check the spread of a viral trend. Never mind if so-called curse, oops, cure is worse than disease. And so, the stewards of community health went the whole hog to make sure a vulnerable populace kept themselves secured in their homes-- they've given themselves the status as frontliners. As to which or what front they were lining, we didn't have an inkling. Methinks panty liners are more to my liking. Neither did our health stewards have an inkling that imposing a garrison state was  the equivalent of low-intensity conflict or hamleting to throttle movement of people. It just didn't occur to 'em that they inflicting mayhem and murder on the nation's economy and people's livelihood.  Ay, there used to be over 30 tricycles plying ro...