Glissade

“May God answer our prayers. ”I ask what she is here for.“ I want my son to get a visa to go to London. He has been rejected ten times now.”

I may say I tried the best I could to stifle an instinct But the quiet invitation of your transparent gown…

A few hours later, you were trying to rebuke grief. You smiled, leg-working, lori iro…

“Who even named you Jesus? Of all the names in The Bible, of all the names wey dey dis world so, na the name wey no fit you at all dem give you.”

The township is a place of unity. People rescue and aid each other for they’ve subscribed to the adage that a hand washes the other. One hand cannot properly wash itself. Urgent meetings and funeral attendances are occasions where this unity is witnessed. The residents know one another and one another’s affairs, unlike in the …

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