Shina and me
Shina1 and me
I tell the story almost exactly as it happened.
The music was playing, the games in full swing
My brother taking part as he always did
A bang erupted from the kitchen, prematurely ending a game of musical chairs.
People ran for every exit,
“You haven’t seen anything till you’ve seen an overweight African Mama try to get out through a skylight” my brother says
I stared towards the kitchen door
“Curiosity killed the cat” Mum always saidThe figure filled the doorway, machete in one hand, pistol in the other
He paused on the threshold for a second then stepped into the room
“Do you know who I am?” He asked me
The feel of steel against my face seemed to have stolen my voice.
A second later, he was gone.
A single siren wail had done it
Even the feared fear something
My Mother held me tightly,
Muttering ‘Oh God, Oh God, Oh God’.
I tell the story almost exactly as it happened
My brother remembers a dark stain slowly spreading across my trousers.Oluwatosin Ajayi,
2004, ‘IfYouCopyThisThingIWillWoundYou’ Publishers
1Shina Rambo - Forty-one-year old notorious Nigerian banditry kingpin, Assani Hamani Tidjani, responsible for a number cross-border robberies. (He was extradited to the Nigeria from Benin in the August last year, bringing to an end his escapade)
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Comments (6)
ooh my!! if i ask if this is a true story…will i be a talking barbie?
that said..this is very good…i like it..
p.s i was thinking i’d missed a great deal on ur page..but alas..i only have to catch up on a few posts..haha
Good to have you back. Exams have also preoccupied me.
Shina and me is not a true story as far I know
If it were true the person was probably a ghost when telling the story, right?
*covers face*.. okay.. not a true story
are you done with exams?.if not…when are you going to be done? how are they /did they go?
Thats true, The dude would have been a ghost or half dead.
Exams continue next week, finish Mid June. Started 2weeks ago. I know my department is kinda of special.
lol..damn pele..and all the best, i’m working on a paper right now..that’s due today..at least after today..I won’t feel so guilty for being such the bum i’ve been..!!
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