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            Election fever is on. This early those running for national offices catching the heat have already their materials seen all over – along the highways, church fences and premises, residential houses and even trees -. If only these trees could shout out loud  the way they’re crucified its trunk, twigs and leaves mercilessly  carrying  the weight of posters, flyers what have you, they would have probably prayed for fire and brimstones to fall on the culprit.  Why not  after all  such eyesores are blatant violation of COMELEC’s earlier  official pronouncement that as much as possible we should spare those innocent trees from dragging them into as accomplices  of our political ambition. Poems are made by fools like me but only God can  only make a tree! Don’t you recall that classic poem about trees. What a disservice are we giving to them  easily destroying old our tree to adventurists like politicians.  Think of the pain you suffer when part of your body is pierced and pricked? It’s how the way trees God created and nurtured must be similarly complaining.  Don’t they? But could they? No way  unless they would soon die and destroyed as their protest for leaving them exploited in the altar of politics. In that case, they’re only good as firewood. But that’s another story deserving another space.

            Good grief to concerned agencies for practicing what they preach. This column’s therefore wish to congratulate and pay  tribute for CDO COMELEC for having done their job well in removing illegal posters mounted along the airport  road and trees by abusive trapo politicians. It’s political will at work here sending strong message to concerned candidates and their handlers that order should be observed when mounting election materials or face the severe punishment hands of the law could offer. Hope so.      

 Here’s another challenge though  to COMELEC and concerned local officials if they’re worth their salt and consistent on what they officially pronounced and stand for.  Or would they  only easily change their color depending on who are concerned and where these such eyesores are located. Let’s really  see if they  really mean business here. Incidentally, I went to Iligan all the way to MSU and back to Cagayan de Oro  riding on my KMX-125. What sight to behold! Rainbows of election materials are all you would see in as many places as far as  your eyes can see. I wonder as it is election time, streamer capital of the Philippines seems to be extended from Marawi it seems to me is virtually extended all the way down to Cagayan de Oro City..  The road was simply converted to the sea of flyers, streamers, tarpaulin, posters introducing candidates to all passengers passing by. What now concerned   City COMELEC officials. Can we pull our punches here or never mind for fear of reprisals and repercussions from the Powers-that-be.

Not all  though turn off my travel that day. There’s lot of entertainment in the road specially when you’re back in the city streets and drawn to humor and sad reality of entertainment in the road. Just open your eyes and  use your imagination. There are definitely more than what  meets the eye in the road.  Ergo, give way to real and surefire entertainment promising an exciting satisfaction guaranteed ad infinitum.  That if you could hold on to your sanity.  If not, then be ready to be crazy at least as fleeting contentment on humor and beauty the road brings.  Just go down to the road with your bike, whatever with the an observant eyes with listening ear finding interest work of arts by people.