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Friday. 7am. 1st of October.
Newscaster say _Happy independence_
I laugh.
Little sister say _up green white green_
Dad call her bastard, __Alái ni ró nú_ (could mean _nzuzu_ in Igbo)
I laugh.
Mom serve rice and stew, say cooking gas is now ₦700 a KG.
And that a _congo_ of beans is now ₦1300.
I Laugh.
_Breaking news_ _NTA_
_ Lai ( may also pronounce as _"lying"_ Mohammed say Nigeria is better than it was.
I laugh.
Mum say a crate of egg is now ₦1700. Say _pomo_ will be gold soon. Forget chicken.
I laugh.
_Prr prrr prrr_
Dad's phone rings
"61 years of what?
2021,
We are back in 1999 or 1983 or 1960 recession,
hunger, joblessness, poor power supply, crude roads
Maybe we are somewhere near a brighter future."
_Drops phone_
Mum hiss. Then a darkness smear.
A void.
A long tunnel.
Like the entrance of death.
Still, I laugh.
Dad look at me,
Phone a psychiatrist.
but I laugh.
By __'D Sonofhisheart Okebiorun_
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