The one thing that, even if you whine and cry and refuse to eat and sleep all day, will never change, is the passage of time. The clock will keep ticking. The sun will keep setting, and those quiet grey hairs will keep waiting till the day they can sprout with joy and never look […]
Tuesday, January 5th. Blanca’s alarm startles her. 6:30pm. She looks around, realizing the library is empty. The man to her right has a wine scarf thrown about his neck and a goatee that makes him look scruffy. He is seemingly oblivious of anything else around him. Behind her is a woman, about fifty. She hums […]
‘Folakemi, they admitted you for Chemistry.’ my dad said in his rich Yoruba accent. I felt disappointed. All I ever wanted in my life was to be a pharmacist. I remember how the pharmacy passion began. it was in primary 2, and it was from Uncle Benson. Uncle Benson, my new elementary science teacher, would […]