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                                                                     COLD FIRE          Chapped lips and dry skin are predominant features during harmattan seasons. I always had lip gloss I would steal from Sister Amara. It is during this season a wild fire breaks and spreads faster than wind itself. It was during this period everyone was fixated on my family. The media’s sudden increased interest in my family was attributed to Sister Amara. Father needed answers, all Mother wanted to do was to bury the issue. She was mentally exhausted and drained from all this process. Fr Matthew never stopped mentioning Sister Amara in every mass he officiated. Praying for her gentle soul to find peace and that her murderers be brought to book. The police informed us tha...

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                                                                                                                                                                   DARK HOLLOW It has been so many years from the year Papa raised your skirt high above your waist whilst holding your hands above your head with his strong hands. You shiver just remembering what had happened that very day no one both you and Papa were both home alone. You remembered you wriggled and tried kicking him but his weight paralysed your te...