hostage drama

One day I saw a hostage drama on TV and I couldn't quite tell what to make out of it. I asked what are his demands?

Children were being held hostage. They were waving and smiling at the cameras. While the hostage taker was speaking to everyone, and thought that kissing the children goodbye as he let them go would make some sense, everyone looked on. I saw how hostage situations like that should be handled, I've seen many hostage movies like The negotiator and I thought the Police did a terrible job. What did he want?

I thought it did make sense, the world saw how the Filipinos are now and it's a sort of a shame, if there's someone who's capable of feeling the shame, now that some people are willing to kill the very children they are trying to help, just to help them. Desperation makes sense. What did he say?

Now I know what to do if I have a son and I can't send him to school.

I can look at him as a hero or a lunatic, but it doesn't matter now that it's all over. All around people would rather wave at the camera and gawk and watch and anticipate for the worst. Poor children, poor hostage taker, what did he want again? I wasn't listening. So I wave and smile at the incident goodbye and wave and smile at the camera in the same manner. And this morning I thought of the elections.