The Thief of Time

The Thief of Time The thief of time Lurks around your mind Awaiting the moment it lightens As a dark room would With the shimmery hue of a lamp   For weaponry He wields strings of excuses Woven together like fine tapestry   Coaxing you to chat And tweet And sleep Just a little more […]

Someday

Someday In a rickety danfo, you will tell your daughter, you met her father.  Her dimpled cheeks will be pulled in a grin and with her father’s brazenness, she will tell you how that meeting must have been horrible.  “Nobody would want to meet their spouse that way.  I mean I wouldn’t—when I’m old enough, […]

To Love One More Time

To Love One More Time Miriam choked on the akara she ate when Mrs. Wells called her a brute. “Me a brute? Then I presume you’re worse than I am because you’re older and of course, you’re my aunt.” She chuckled and drank some apple juice, willing that her aunt let her eat in peace. […]

She Wouldn’t Leave

She Wouldn’t Leave. Hannah stomped her feet, moving from one pillar to another, swinging her head back and forth like a pendulum bulb. She stood by a pillar, held it with both hands, and shook it as though she could pull down the temple with her strength. Letting go of the pillar, she spun about […]

This Time of the Year

This Time of the Year You’d see me twirling a bauble as Mother hummed a song and chopped cassava leaves in the kitchen. I’d be perched on a stool passing whatever she needed while she stood, working by the countertop. Our house would be enveloped with the smell of fried fish balls, strong as the […]