Descerning. 

      On the 29th of December, about 100+ residents died from stampede at a food sharing church 

Fragile bones. Lathe skin, leathery. This country, a cauldron. We all waltz

to the music of fire under. The fire, grief. In today's news, both of us ululate. 

In Ibadan, people offer their bodies to the demigod of food. Quite large. 

Overflow vats of blood. Crushed bodies at the threshold like grapes.*

Olayioye Paul Bamidele is a writer, a journalist, and a photographer. His works have appeared or forthcoming in Spillword, Lunaris, Daily Trust Newspaper, Artlounge, Afreecan, Ice Floe, Afreecan, Kalahari, LILAC, SprinNG, Readers Boon, Feral, Black Moon, Eboquills, Brittle Paper, IHRAF, Synchronize Chaos Mag, Kissing Dynamite, Kalahari, UNN, Lolwe, Kreative Diadem and elsewhere. He can be contacted on WhatsApp @(+234)8162573107. Gmail: Paulolayioye@gmail.com