Godwin Inyang's Blog, page 6

 Afterfinishing with one-third of the bread, I placed the remaining part on the floorand went for water. From a twenty-five-litre plastic container, I fetchedmyself water with a big plastic cup. I had hardly swallowed the first sip whenI heard the sound of something being torn: I turned and my eyes went straightto my food. Lord, a myriad of big fat rats were attacking it!Bloodflowed

 THETIMES WERE TOUGH and this day was particularly rough for me. We had gone to ourboss at the end of the day’s work for the week’s wages, as it was the weekend, buthe was telling us something about how lack of fuel in the accountant’s jalopyhad not let him get to the bank for the money needed to pay us. For a very longtime, only the accountant’s car had been on the road. The others –

 4491the word processingwith the keyboardcarefullychoosing my every word.‘Dear Libby,I’m glad to read your message.I cherishour union of awesome ageand acharming memory that won’t fade.I hope avisit soon could be paidto you andyour family. Right now,“Dr Fixit”is about to wear a new crown.I’m busycrafting its sequel, “THE RETURNOF MENDITONE”. Just as with it I’m

4481when we seethem and bless the Big Handwhich madeall, the minute and grand.When Iclicked ‘DONE’ and accessed my inbox,I had loadsof mail but for those with bucksor potentialof bringing bucks to me, I browsed.Keenlywatching, my aide’s interest was roused.Now andthen, I stopped to teach hima thing ortwo and that brought a beamto his faceas the human universeI let

 4471every seatas they interacted with the Netbrowsingstuff from pornography to betwhile somewere trying hard to scamthe gulliblefrom the city to farm.We walkedalong the aisle to a remote spotwhere a seatwas vacant and a nagging thoughtI had thatthe system might be faultymaterializedas I booted it and it flatlyrefused toturn on but I did peep and noticethe nearby

 4461our steps tothe flooded streetand putpurposefully forward our feetinto theheart of human habitation.Rapid answermet my friend’s every question.As we strodetowards the heart of townon the grimysidewalk, the soundaround usthickened with toots of hornsand roaringengines of vehicles; and tonsof humansselling and buying on the roadside.On parkingmotorcycles,

4451‘the antsare at fault for they said: “Eat wood;not eat italong with the leafage and roots.”The argumentswings up and down but societyis inserious confusion and jeopardy.Now,’ Itried expatiating, ‘the cruxof the chaosin society is the plotsinitiated byone human against the otherwhich saw arace troop in a large numberelsewhere todominate and better their lot.Years later,everyone

 4441in the dawnand it did zigzag and rumbleon the railsacross the vast jungleand varioushuman hamlets which at the fringeswe witnesseddisturbing sights – long rangesof timberswere stacked by the sides of the tracksand nearthem, tractors and trucks were parked –I looked atCrookedmouthit and he looked at me,on ourreturn with our feet we would straythrough the

 4431and surveyorsat heavily on my mind.I sneakedinto their offices and we signedcontractsfor the survey of the landand Isketched with words the planfor thebuilding the architect should draw –I detailedeverything from roof to floor.I returnedhome and told my aideand the nextday a visit to the site we paidwhere we watchedthe artisans at worksurveyingand drafting

 4421that has infiltratedthe camp, knocked downa couple ofsentries and almost took with his handa mobileused by a commander while bathing(I quicklyturn around to see where mine was sittingand it’sintact) so I walk over and pocket itjust likeeveryone else with a mobile kit.I thank herfor the informationand tell herI’m taking a perambulationto the towerand she says I