Generosity, Unld.
Our relentless troop of volunteers once again find their busy hands full answering to the call of nature - for cleanliness. Earlier this Saturday, like they do every weekend, the infamous Tangke Volunteers march into the sandy shores of Talisay City scouring for filthy remains that mask not human faces but the beach's stretch of land that we proudly call pristine.
At a time when the rest of the world are too occupied with staying away from contact contagion that even disposal of their own rubbish is often neglected, our faceless superheroes shoulder the responsibility and voluntarily come to the rescue. From today, with this publication and your greatly valued attention, they shall remain faceless no more.
Meet our indigenous breed of present-day Avengers, who do not wait for a ring on the private red phone or a bat-shaped distress signal beaming to the clouds from a searchlight to be on the frontlines of the War of the Waste Worlds. Armed only with the bravery in their hearts and the blue triple-layer gauze that, in no way, bury their smiles, they inhale the malodorous air that makes it through the filter and trade their personal discomfort for clean public shores. Once or twice every weekend, while we decide what Netflix show to watch, they are out there, functioning as the valiant arms and legs of people who, unfortunately, either do not have the capacity or the heart to leave the shores as cleanly as they found them.
Hundred-and-some words later, I imbibe all readers to unite towards a cleaner Mother Earth. In the same way that we distance ourselves from the contagion, let us all inch closer towards a more sustainable planet, one that will continue to happily welcome us when we come back out from the dark ages of COVID-19.
Penned by Zane