Saturday 7 May 2016

Expression with Mimi Obi

Perfect family

In the dark a figure crept stealthily in the shadows with noise at the minimum but with alert eyes. The moonlight showed mercy by lighting the path for the night crawlers, looking left and right that no one was in sight, crept into a large building from the back door and locked it and with a look of satisfaction walked in.
The family had gathered together to eat breakfast, the worst of their hobbies. Theirs was a polygamous family, their father Chief Kolapo had three wives and eighteen children, two boys and three girls from his first wife, four boys and three girls from the second and five boys and a girl from his third wife, nobody knew if that was the last but judging by how things were going, they doubted. He loved his family being together and he said he wanted them eating breakfast and dinner together, lets start and end the day together. Chief Kolapo always bragged about how loving his family was and how much they lived in peace.
"This is torture, I wonder why he did not just stick to one woman"
"I hate this stupid ritual, can't wait for it to be over,I have things to smoke"
"Why can't everyone just die and leave me alone"
"I wish Chief would just die now and let me be with a younger man that can satisfy my needs"
"Have they even found it"?
"Where is Iya Titi, Chief said breaking his family out of their thoughts. The breakfast table had been prepared by the first wife Iya Ajoke, Iya Wale was the second wife and the third wife was Iya Titi. It was quite unusual for Iya Titi not to be around for breakfast.
" Titi,where is your mother" an annoyed chief asked. " I don't know,she said she would go to the market today, I have not seen her today" Titi answered "okay, let's eat, she would meet us"
"Thank God, Iya Titi would not be around"
"Finally, Titi would get her warning from Chief, perfect wife indeed"
"Iya Titi is out, now I and Titi can make love without being scared"
"Iya Titi is out today, finally I can smoke pot"
"Thank God, Iya Titi the perfect wife, bitch that wanted Chief for herself, imagine the effrontery, she was going to report me for sleeping with Iya Ajoke's son, like its hers. Thank God I won't be seeing her any more"
"Let's say the prayer everyone, Chief said breaking them out of their thoughts. But  despite the smile one of them knew Iya Titi was lying lifeless in the garden and it was only a matter of time before she was found.
" oga o", the gateman came running into the dinning room
"Let's go see our beauty Queen"

N.B: Most of the quoted words are not words said but thoughts

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