Arrivals and Departures_The Winter Wizard_Tongue_I'll Wait For You
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Arrivals and Departures
Arrivals and Departures The sound of sirens was distant. Smoke billowed, thick and dense. Amid the chaos and screaming, Tess knew she was okay. She just knew it. Someone somewhere was watching over her. Within seconds of crossing the road to join the queue for taxis caught up in rush hour traffic, the glass frontage of the airport shattered with an explosion so powerful it knocked her off her feet. She instinctively picked herself up and patted down her clothes and her bump. No shards of glass, no blood, no broken bones. The baby inside her stretched and...
The Winter Wizard
The Wizard Winter “Oh, no!” I said in my sleep“Yes”I wake up the same dream always ending with me walking in the snow and leaving no foot prints. Strange I think I have never left the shores of the tropics what could it mean another adventure? One with me and my guardian angel? Well, the adventures I have been having to go on have never happened during winter. My mother enters the room carrying a calabash filled with Banga and starch;’my favorite food. Uzer was in the delta region of West Africa and it was harmattan and our colonial masters used to talk about winter and since I heard their ta...
Tongue
I had been walking in the desert for what seemed like days. I was thirsty. My radiator went kaput somewhere on I-10 last night. No cell reception out here. The desert night comforted me—beautiful stars and comet trails. But after the sun rose, the temperature shot up far too quickly. By the time the sun was directlwww.onedoor.ccy overhead, my legs felt like rubber and my tongue was swollen. In the distance, what looked like a town from the Old West arose. One dirt road split two rows of shabby buildings. “Water,” I said out loud to myself. I blinked five or six times to make sure I wasn’t hallucinating. Mir...
I'll Wait For You
I’ll Wait For You“Hello, Lillian. I’m surprised you called today.” “My darling, you don’t think I would have forgotten our date, do you?” “With your given track record, I would.” “That hurts Anthony.” “It was meant to hurt Lillian.” “I am not a pawn to be pushed around.” “What have I done, Anthony?” “You know I love you.” “I do, Lillian, which is why I put up with your childish behavior.” “Childish?” “Yes, childish and idiotic. What other pathetic loser allows his lover to leave him seated in a five-star restaurant, holding the bill?” “It was embarrassing, Anthony.” “I have the right to expre...