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JIMOH ADEIZA ABDULRAHAMAN: Iqbar

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During Taraweeh, Iqbar grinned at me, revealing two minute incisors.

Keenly, he watched my folded arms, bowings, kowtowings, and muttering of Amins, Allahuakbars.

Iqbar also kowtowed, laughed and clapped, his puerile voice imitating mine: “A-m-i-n, A-ll-ah-u-ak-bar!”

Distracted and smiling, I beseech Allah for forgiveness, and another happy baby, like Iqbar.

Jimoh Adeiza Abdulrahaman writes from Nigeria. He’s a fiction writer who’s passionate about humanity. His works have appeared or forthcoming in 50-Word Stories and SprinNG.

JIMOH ADEIZA ABDULRAHAMAN: Of a god’s negligence

Artistic, Submissions, ,

She first got a bowl filled with earth, and planted two seeds.

She watered it daily. And I saw the seeds sprouted into lovely green leaves. She displayed them for photosynthesis and the leaves’ greenness deepened.

Until she suddenly stopped. And the boisterous greenness of her creature slowly withered away.

Jimoh Adeiza Abdulrahaman writes from Nigeria. He’s a fiction writer who’s passionate about humanity.