Dear BFF

The stereotype is that all married women have to watch their single friends for fear they'll try to snatch their husbands. The belief is that us single girls are mortally envious of the "luck" our married friends have,  and will do anything to make that luck ours.  In actual fact, mami, I'm the one pulling …

The Way You Chew

Frank rushed into Ola Mummy canteen in Bodija,  hungry as an abandoned baby elephant, and made his order of two wraps of pounded yam, fish and ewedu. So hungry was he that it wasn't until he'd swallowed the first wrap that his eyes came down, and he could once again see like normal humans do. It …

Faraway Lover

I soaked you up when we were together. Touched you, kissed you, stared and stared, teased and tormented. I soaked you in when we were together. Licked your skin, tickled your beard, scratched your chin, watched you smile and laugh and frown and sleep. I soaked you up when we were together. Sang with you, …

Smitten

It’s hard sustaining a relationship these days. Especially as a woman who gets no appreciation for all her sacrifices. Imagine me forfeiting my sleep (everybody knows I love my sleep) just so I could watch you sleep, and make sure you’re comfortable through the night. Remember that one time you forgot to leave your key …

Ex

I decided to clean out an old box of my stuff, you know, burn what I don't need and look for somewhere better to store the other things. I found a little plastic bag of photographs, and promptly dropped my good intentions. I spent almost an hour sitting right in the middle of the rubble, …