Once again from my window
Down across the street she roams-
Half bare, fancy hair, fancy cheap adornments
Obtrusive even in the dark.
A clanging disturbance from my left… I turn
At the approaching roar of a rickety truck
It slows down at her –as if- regardful, then speeds on
Coughing thick smoke and dust.
She turns her head angrily, wrinkling her nose.
Then, [...]
Food for the body or the body for food
But love is the soul’s good
And joy is in its fill.
One blessed with love knows best the thrill
Of loving others: helping them to feel.
Love a man and you would help him love another
This is love’s geometric magic love’s thrill
Love for the world and the world for love
Yeah! [...]
It’s been already about a week since I got my NYSC posting letter to Adamu Mu’Azu Model Science Secondary School, and so far I had not identified with any Christian fellowship in Goronyo, including the corpers fellowship being NCCF(Nigerian Christian Corpers Fellowship). I had never even attended the early morning devotions that hold in the [...]
Adamu Mu’Azu science secondary school or simply Adamu Mu’Azu is the shorter and more popular way to refer to the all boys secondary school where I’ve been assigned to serve in the town or village of Goronyo , Sokoto. I reported in the admin office on Tuesday morning to see the vice principal who after [...]
About 5 weeks ago, I got a text message from a brother and former classmate of mine who happened to be working within the main campus of the Lagos State University, where we both graduated from. The Message simply read: ”Welcome to Sokoto.” All would be batch A youth corpers for 2009, where at that [...]
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