24 The building has only three rooms. The room I slept led to the sitting room and on the other side of the sitting room is another room I haven’t entered. The air in the sitting room holds the tang of tobacco. It’s well lit up by the daylight from the wide-open window...
To Live Again – 23
23 What on earth is that smell? It was so offensive that my intestine began to rumble, and I would have thrown up if my mouth had not refused to open. The odor was something of a blend of sour milk and rotten egg. Whatever it was, it did smell out the room for...
To Live Again – 22
22 I determined he was only tensed for some reason unrelated to my safty. I however also determined not to be bothered; having me here could easily make him uneasy if he was originally a shy person. But he could just get out of the hut and let me alone. I had consumed all...
To Live Again – 21
21 I gulped as many cups as needed till, I lost count and could not take in even a drop more. As I drank, he beamed at me as if I was drinking freshness into his soul or he was just pleased to watch me come alive. He’s a middle-aged man with tiny wrinkles...
To Live Again – 20
20 Thursday, April 21, 2011. 6:35pm (Alhamis, Afril ashirin da daya, shekara 2011. Karfe shidda da minti talatin da biyar na rana) Before I jumped from the tree to get going, I looked into the direction where I saw the light at night. I could not see a single sign of habitation but thankfully...
To Live Again – 19
19 As much as I hate to admit it, a part of me agrees with him, but the part I totally disagree with is me never giving people a chance, though, first impressions stick longer with me. We’re an ill-matched company sharing an ill-fated adventure, a depressing philosopher and a terrible psychologist in same...
To Live Again – 18
18 Once, a grasshopper hopped off my feet. I sprang to the air with a cry for Idris’ help. The moment he found it was just a harmless grasshopper he scowled at me rudely, “You better realize I’m not your tour guide.” It was a big thing to realize he won’t be looking out...
To Live Again – 17
17 Just before the cloth spread all over my face, I stuck out my spear with both hands to stop it in the air but not before I respired from the rotten stench of sweat it conveyed. Idris began to shake his head and waving a hand in dissatisfaction, “Your thrust was too weak,...
To Live Again – 16
16 They pulled this one under my nose. He’s done a good job of locking such enormous emotion within him all along, but there’s a how far romance can be kept secret. Passion would always find a way to leak through the eyes, it can’t be discreet. Not forever, it can’t compromise. What I...
To Live Again – 15
15 After some seconds that it doesn’t look like they were going to fall to the ground and die of poisoning, I and Bassey exchanged a glance then started chewing with pleasure. The spongy mesocarp had a pleasantly sugary taste well blended by the slightly bitter taste of the exocarp. At the centre was...