Tear-laden sky We appreciate your empathy But, like the mess of a fallen egg Some things cannot be undone Your torrential tears have appeased the earth That the grave might be an easy dig [...]
Apr 202012
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Feb 192012
Yes, I believe there is bound to be pandemonium if not a full-fledged war when the elusive judgement day, preached by most religions finally comes . Before you dismiss my proposition as sheer insanity, think [...]
Feb 152012
They were tardy and clumsy; my footsteps as I made my final descent from a hall of residence in College of Medicine, University of Lagos/LUTH, Idi-araba, a couple of months back. It was as if [...]
Feb 012012
It is harder to find an African who has no witch waiting for him at the threshold of success, in the dark privacy of his room, or elsewhere at all, than it is to find [...]
Jan 242012
The first night I set out to write this piece, a friend of mine walked into my room, caught a glimpse of the title, and instantly became so confounded by the title that he exclaimed [...]
Jan 182012
Sometimes in June 2001, I was promenading in a street in Abeokuta with an erudite old man (then about 70yrs of age) when, upon a moment of distraction, I turned around only to see my [...]
Jan 052012
December 25, 1996. Abeokuta. Christmas, to me, is like a mystical book whose chapters are lived out, or better put, walked into, one at a time, year after year. There have been years when I [...]