If this is what it means, I want to be president in my next life

In my next life I’ll be president, come what may, because I have discovered it is the most rewarding job in the world because everyone, even Anthony Fauci, is afraid of you and kowtows to you. ILLUSTRATION | JOHN NYAGA | NMG

I have been growing with Covid-19, I am not ashamed to say, and the silver lining I had failed to see in the early weeks of the virus is lighting up the sky like it’s some muted display of mellow colours that shine benignly to bring joy to tortured souls.

Just think of the exhilarating realisation that we are not necessarily the dumbest people in the world, that there are others close by who are just like us.