Nib of the Oozing Quill
Why did you do this last night?
It’s hurting me and I can’t forget.
Why must you risk your life so?
You allowed her, and that’s a fact.
As I watched, she massaged
your bare skin,
severally kissed you tenderly,
and even suckled.
To make matters worse,
she most probably even infected you.
Finally, I give up,
I can’t take it anymore
I am free …., again.
And to put an end to the rumours,
the backbiting, gossip, whatever;
I hereby make it public
in broad daylight;
my relationship with my bae
has been difficult,
bitter-sweet so to say,
and so from today,
please be informed that we are
Yes, I know that I forgot
what I was sent to buy this morning;
I know that I even misplaced the money,
but I won’t let that dim my joy
as I go home this evening.
It won’t dim my joy because
my day was full of undiluted, free-spirited,
and innocent happiness.
Photo Credit: Photographer Unknown to me
Yes, Yes, I know that
the livestock that I was grazing
On my mind are the fragrances that used to converge and which increased their volume of scent as Christmas approached.
They included the hunger pang-generating aroma from the cooking chapatis, and the pungent smoke odour from the paraffin jikos which were brought back to use after resting for a whole year since the last Christmas.
This thought has been provoked by the book entitled, “Song of Lawino” by Okot p’Bitek, when the speaker says:
“When the beautiful one, with whom I share my husband, returns from cooking her hair, she resembles a chicken.”
Over and above that part of sharing the husband, my mind notes the irony that the so called beautiful one is equated to a chicken. It remembers, by the way that “Irony” is a form of literally style, just like Satire, Metaphor, Simile, and Metonymy; but that’s a story for another day.
Continue Reading "Fragrances Of Christmas"Finally, I give up,
I can’t take it anymore
I am free …., again
And to put an end to the rumours,
the backbiting, manongonezano,
masengenyo, gossip,
umbea, umbeya, whatever;
I hereby make it public
in broad daylight;
my relationship with my bae
has been difficult, bitter-sweet so to say,
and so from today, please be informed
Wearing masks come with several other advantages besides acting as a physical barrier to protect from potentially harmful germs, chemicals and dust that float around in the air;
As a start, those of us who have ugly, scarecrow faces are wallowing in the luxury of the mask; we are now excelling when people confuse us with the handsome likes of Diamond Platnumz, Denzel Washington, Eddie Murphy and Will Smith.
Secondly, the probability increases of attracting
Continue Reading "Advantages Of Wearing A Mask"Not too many years ago, we would go to watch movies on a mobile big screen, courtesy of the Kenya Film Corporation and Factual Films Ltd.
It would be a big screen mounted on an open ground where we would congregate in hundreds to watch movies, starting at 7.00pm sharp up to 9.00 pm sharp, and translated into Kiswahili.
These open field Cinema shows were, however, not devoid of sideshows and thrills;
One would be lucky if they did not go back home wearing an awful smell because their faces, or clothes, were smacked with rotten eggs that were thrown all over the place during the course of the film-show. Sometimes the shells of the rotten eggs broke in the pockets, the result being that these egg-missile carriers would have a taste of their own medicine.
Continue Reading "The Evolution Of Access To Cinema In Kenyan"The following was the encounter when I attended a wedding reception ceremony sometime back:
First and foremost, the food was served after an over-extended Church service and the worms were noisily scrambling for any food left-overs in the stomach juices.
Secondly, I was so hungry I could have swallowed a whole rabbit in one gulp.
Thirdly, we were told it was free seating. One could sit under any tent, wherever they wished.
And so almost immediately after I sat, the food was served, starting from those who were in front and nearest to the food-containing sufurias.
The food, however, got finished before it got to my table.
This was followed by a round of sumptuously smelling roast-goat meat.
Continue Reading "Tribulations At A Wedding Reception Ceremony"I’ll never forget how you suddenlycame into my lifeand brought me perfect happiness,comfort, pleasure,and great joy beyond measure. It was love at first sight,I loved you without limits,even when I knew deep downthat you would most probably one day,break my heartin pursuit of your heart’s desires,a better love than I could give. And therefore as…Continue Reading “My Dear Ex”
My mind remembers the times
when I took you to secret places
when I shoved secrets down your throat
and when I forced you to
listen in as deals were brokered.
My mind recalls the times
when I made you to join me
in feeling sad
when I visited the ailing
or attended funerals.