Damilola Iyiola

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“Susan’s Home” by Damilola Iyiola

Submitted to Contest #232

I discreetly wipe the tears from my eyes with my left hand, keeping my right hand tightly fisted against my mouth so that the noise desperately trying to escape will not. I do not want Susan to hear or see the tears. She is already dealing with a whole lot; my emotions will not help. But she must have noticed because her breathe goes deeper as she stretches her hands towards me. I notice this immediately and reach out my right hand to hers. I will not cry because I do not want her to be sad. ‘Don’t hold it in, I don’t want you to,’ Susan s...

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“May I Care” by Damilola Iyiola

Everyone I met asked me to care. I was told it was the one gift I could give the people that I come across in my long or short life’s journey. They always concluded the statement with a qualifying bonus, ‘it could be quite rewarding!’ So, they said I should try It, that I might just enjoy it, because, like I said they said, "it's quite rewarding!" I asked them what the reward was, since I felt like I should know what I was getting into. Giving up after not being able to explain concisely, they replied, "You just try it, and you'll know." ...

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Words have always been able to take me on adventures I could only imagine