Glissade

the ocean waves whisper to my naked feet

If Nigeria ever happened to anyone, it happened to John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo (1935—2020).

Perhaps, you will discover what your daughters did with their bodies.

But I saw my father’s face in their words, his bulging forehead, his yellow eyeballs that widened in their sockets each time he was furious. I remember challenging him to a fist fight.

ISSUES

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