So when I came back, everyone decided I was foreign – and not just because my accent was thick and…
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It started like this. The Doc said I have a syndrome. When the syndrome comes, it sets my spine on…
In 2016, my body is still a battlefield Bloody, lying, a lying carcass, they always tell me I am lying…
The fat graduand. The laughing ugly girl. But you would have laughed it off. And your father wouldn’t have stormed…
I am not sorry anymore, world. The internet you shoved down my throat And the grotesque knowledge you dropped Onto…
Oh to be young and 24 In love and confused ‘Child’ on the inside ‘Adult’ on the outside Sure, yet…
It rains in the city Sleet drives against the windows Of the immobile fourty-two seater And water flows on the…
Let them come let them go If they ask let them know Sometimes you don’t get to choose Sometimes It…
To the dude that entered the elevator after me, I’m sorry. The silent breath of death that escaped my pants…
(Gospel Choir Ringback Tone as phone dials) Hallo, Ma! Yes, it is me. I know it is late. Its 2am.…
https://soundcloud.com/echezonachukwu-nduka/listen-spoken-word Listen. That night I walked away from Your queries and accusing eyes, The flap-flap sound of my slippers…
Father, The uncle in whose hands you left us Is cannibalizing us He has turned us into animals Led us…