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I’ve left God on hold for far too long- started to pray- only to tell him that I’d be right back and never came back I wonder why it is- he sticks around. It’s not like I make him a priority- Except for the obvious…

Elbow Macaroni

Remember Macaroni jewelry boxes? The first one for Mother’s Day was always a surprise. We need the elbow ones Ms. Merriwether said. “Don’t waste this food. There are starving children everywhere.” We need Elmers glue. We need paint too. A smoking box I think. “We…

#12 Cousins

Cousins What have you gathered my children, and where are you going? In through the front door and straight out the back. gardens await you, while the sea meets the shore. Will you carry your gatherings across generations? Place them on your mantle, remembrance of…

The Reading Room

Some time ago the invitation came. “I’m going to The Reading Room, are you game?” I’m uncomfortable meeting humans face to face. Can’t we do this at your place? “What’s your worry? Your work is good, I’ve read some and I want more.” I won’t…

Smart

How do you mr Chameleon? With envy I’m green With jealous I’m grey With admiration I’m… So how many suits do you have Sir? Your epidermis is loaded Your step, is it by design or by default? You tongue roughly how long? Your eyes 360…

Hour twelve: we are gathering

tiny heart beats madly excitedly they’ve given me the instructions which float like strips of rainbow from my jaw – as you proceed they’ll send you more and more to carry be willing you can do it with me are beating thousands and thousands of…

Tired

So, I’m tired! I didn’t plan my booster well. my arm hurts like hell! I’m only on hour twelve, I, apparently, like to sabotage myself on a daily basis. too much to do. Yeah, I’ve got the time, but I don’t use it very well….

Hour Twelve – A Biafran Prayer Mary Pecaut

Hour Twelve –   Beyond Biafran War    Mary Pecaut   In a circle they gather on the banks of the Qua Iboe River sandaled feet firm upon Akwa Ibom soil. Swaddled in colorful cloth, the Paramount  Chief pours libations inviting ancestors and all that is sacred to soften the…

Hour 12- Can we choose?

Can we choose to surrender the preconceived assumptions, notions, suggestions to find meaning beyond the shores of language, to break the chain of absolutes, to make words breathe freely from the trapped monotonous semantic and textual worlds to make them spin perch delicately?   Can…