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…

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…

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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…

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…

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 –   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…

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…

One of the only times the world came together, To accomplish tasks they couldn’t otherwise, Was not in the name of humanity but laughter. It wasn’t to call the names of Gods to invoke them, Not the times they came together to save each other…

Jacob’s cream crackers with tomatoes and cheese both sliced and layered atop one another The first time I truly appreciated Salt and Pepper