The tears had made her heavy layers of cosmetic foundation and facial powder obvious – leaving different stream patterns on her face like zebra prints. She tried to spit out the strand of hair in her mouth but that even got things messier.
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Le t those beads of sweat trickle down
Down into the interior of your soul and moisten your heart
Let it remind you that pain is real
She draws him into the room playfully by his fancy tie and closes the door behind her.
“This is my room as you can see” she says dryly, motioning him to the seat adjacent the table laden with promotional pamphlets from the hotel she is lodged at.
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“Bring my phones downstairs when you’re coming… and hurry up!” Mum beckoned from the dining table.
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I wake up. It is the dead of night. The crickets chirp at their loudest. The owls are heard from the far distance. My heart is pounding hard against my chest. My body is drenched in sweat. The bed is damp and soaked from the liquids that escape the pores of my skin. I realize that my breathing is heavy, and I’m dragging air as fast as I can.
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It was getting to the end of November and Seun had not yet been paid his salary. Seun was a very impatient young man, and he needed the money as urgently as fish out of water needed its hydrogen. He was up to his neck in debt that he owed so many people who he’d borrowed from and had promised to pay when he got paid.
Read MoreI dim the lights and open the curtains to see the beautiful landscape. Left the center lights a little bright to see clearly, then I started to work. I stare at the view to inspire my soul. To them it’s just an artwork but to me it’s a representation of me – I must open my mind and concentrate.
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