God is Small Small.
Mama always ask God to continue to give her breath, but I tink it is her nose that is giving her breath. If I close her nose with my hand, or handkerchief, she will stop breathing.
The Rape Joke
The rape joke is that sixteen was a series of getting away and never telling your parents.
The rape joke is that you shouldn't have let him.
What Will Tomorrow Bring?
Golden hour was upon the land. Already, the sky had turned into a vibrant hue of orange that spelled the beginning of dusk. This served her well. Her youngest was playing in the shallow end of the river with the other children. She had always warned Kira to keep to the shallow end, nearer to the bank.
Her fear was not without foundation.
The Awakening
What thinking man can respect himself? I certainly do not respect myself. I am a mouse, a speck in the universe. I am very insignificant. I understand these facts well and no one but me realises how l think of myself. The facticity that I think this low of myself makes me sink even lower…
The Retirement of J.P. Kolawole
It was while I attempted to do the deed that I got shot in the back. Not to say that I was blameworthy for any of the incidences that happened, after all, aren’t we all guilty of some misdemeanour? Such was the tale of the forgotten man with the grossly grizzled face and twisted smile. He was the stuff of every horribly malevolent nightmare…
Dear Father
Father, I have decided to kill myself. I know this is against our religious beliefs, but I am not sure I believe in God anymore. If there is a God, where was He when Adesewa was raped by the band of travelling armed robbers that happened to travel past our village that rainy Thursday night? Where was God when mother contracted pneumonia? Where was He when your crops were fed upon by animals and your barn was raided by thieves?
