There are many types of houses. Some are made of bricks, while some are made of blocks, and we have some that are made of mud. Some houses are small, while some houses are big, and there are some that are what one would simply call a mansion. But, all the same, all houses, in their various sizes and types, provide for its occupants one primary thing - shelter. Shelter from cold and also, a place to put their heads when the night calls. Everyone has the right to choose the type of house they want to live in, as far as they have what it takes to live in it. But, in it all, there is a another type of house that we don't have the right to decide over. We don't get to choose which we want to live in. We just simply find ourselves there, and there is nothing we can do about it. Even the landlady of the house does not get to decide who lives in the house. It's a house made of flesh and blood - the womb.
The very first thing that made Lizzy know she was living in that kind of house was a hard kick on her head. She only knew of a constant rhythmic sound, and from all indications, it was clear to her that she was not wanted in that house. She didn't know how she got to the house before the kick, and for that, she was not sure how to get out of the house. After some months, she became impatient, and eventually found a way to get out. She was not sure if staying inside the house would be safer than getting out. But then, getting out was a risk she had to take. Her very first experience outside the house was not a good one at all, and she couldn't help but cry out. Lizzy was the last child of her mother in a family of 12 children, unequally distributed among 3 wives. In Lizzy's family, "survival of the fittest" was their watchword, as all the mothers were meant to fend for their children all by themselves, without an iota of support from their loafer husband who was only good at one thing - getting drunk. The entire family lived in a 3 bedroom apartment with only one kitchen to share. If Lizzy had an option, she would have chosen to be given birth to in another family entirely. Lizzy grew up amist regular envy, undiluted jealousy and constant strife. At the tender age of 11, Lizzy already knew how to go to the street to make a living, and it was not difficult for her to cope at the age of 15 when the landlord threw them out of the house because they were unable to pay their rent.
Simply mentioning Oloye to those that know him would attract nothing but curses and abuses. Infact, one may just decide to climb mountains and hills so as to rain the curses on him in large quantities. If the mountains prove a little ineffective, the gods of Iron, gods of thunder, and even Esu himself should take it up from where one stops. They should curse him from his very first generation down to the last. They should not pray for him to die because death would be too merciful for him. Rather, they should curse him to live long, and yet live a miserable life. They should curse his mother for even conceiving him, and his father for ever impregnating his mother. They should curse the day he was born, and that day should be filled with woe and reproach. They should do more than one can imagine.
(c) 2016. Austus Ofmat Nwanne
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