Yet I couldn’t ignore the scene, “Iya Basira oni lacasera ti de o!” She would say, dance and then cup her breast, pushing it outwards seductively as if that was what she was selling and to the satisfying grunts of the eye-popping men watching.
“Ahhhh!”
Noise erupts from the crowd so I climb one of my most prized possessions, a brown wooden stool with the fourth leg half the length of the other three. Balancing precariously on the stool, I could see above the sea of heads gathered, to watch the woman and then I discovered the reason for the exclamation on the part of the crowd. She had finally removed the bra, displaying two full breasts that still made me jealous even though they now didn’t look so rounded.
One woman hissed and said “Were dun wo, sugbon ko dun bi lomo” looked at me, rolled her eyes and walked away, I could have sworn I was the one the fool was insulting by the look in her eyes. If I were mad wouldn’t I be behaving like that woman? Would I show my breast in public? Never! I concluded.
I alight from the stool and take stock of my belongings once again, making sure none of this useless onlookers have stolen my things. I suddenly felt the greatest irritation from the depths of my tummy, bent over and vomited really hard. Men wearing yellow and purple uniforms later came to carry the mad woman away. That night sleep eluded me as all I could think of was that Rosco of a man willing him to come call me as usual. Something happened that night, and it happened to me.
Some men woke me up in the middle of the night, and thinking it was Rosco I opened my eyes but was instantly disappointed.
They thought I couldn’t understand what they were saying as they pushed and shoved me towards a bus that had the slogan ‘Eko oni baje o!’ written on it. One of them said “this one will do”, the others nodded in the affirmative. We eventually got to the bus, and as soon as they opened the door the blade of several machetes reflected the moon light into my eyes, it seemed the reflection triggered something in me; all of a sudden I shoved one of the men and began running wildly. They pursued me.
I ran past where I live, past Rosco’s bus and kept on running. I saw several lights ahead and made a run for it and just before I could make it I tripped, heard them catching up, turning just in time to see the machete go up and began its downward journey to end my life I screamed!
Still screaming I woke up in my beautiful house at Ikoyi, my husband by my side petting me and assuring me it was all a nightmare. I said “Thank God” but I didn’t sleep again till I heard the Cock crow heralding dawn.
Nice story… Keep it up!
Great! See you at the top!
Nice explicit piece.
Good literature work
Una dey see twist for hia? Chai! People dey kreeyative. Chimo! So na ordinary dream the mad madam dey dream. Chop knuckle Adeyinka. My story sef enta dis competition. Na entry 17. http://bit.ly/entry17 Make una sef vote me.
Na you be this…awesome!
Isioye….na you be this? Man of many talents….this is awesome! All d best o.
Beautiful piece here and motivating writers. That’s what I call crawling to running
But how can we view the statistics?
Thanks zuzu…lollol
Nice one Yinka. Keep the flag flying and all the best to you man.
hey monday my man..thanks man..prouda ya all
Voted
Nice one
Very beautiful write up and so rich.
This man murdered this piece….All hail yinka.
Wow! Wow!! Wow!!!
A piece of work from a creative mind, unflappably focused and entertaining ending.
Nice one blooder
Ko ma roll joor Yinkus
Iya basira oni baje ooo
Lovely piece.. Excellent twist, very creative.. I hope u get to the top 10 Yinka
Thank you guys so much for the love….may we not go mad oooo! Lollol….one love.
Very creative work piece keep it up.
Nice seeing another creative part of you Yinka. Keep it up.
nice write up, never knew you had it in you, thumbs up bruv…
My brother is creatively endowed..nice twist..dreaming? Didn’t see that coming
Nice. A triumph over being hilarious and intriguing. Thumbs up!
Nice one Aburo….ku ishe.
Some entries made me sad, others just left me irritated. But this has left me so relieved! Thank you for saving the mad woman.:)
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simply awesome!
Nice one ! Felt very real! I wanna vote for u,how do I vote ?
Beautiful story
Nice….. Loving the Iya Basira oni lacasera…..
Nice literature work. More grease to your elbow.
Nice story line
Creative story,nice one.
Nice one
C n S product …..dis is lovely . Yinka keep it up
A nicely written piece.