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Bundle of Trauma
Jones had a way of saying it to stir your emotion. But my upbringing never gave room for such emotion. Dear mom, I love you. And it's true.
Jones would say with naked naiveté. Like a little lad yet to wean. But he was twenty-six. Yes, Jones was that old. And yet he would address me as his mom when I could pass for his younger sister.
We had met at the botanical garden of the University of Ibadan where I read sociology.
Jones had called himself a sort of poet from the Department of Performing Arts. But he never allowed me to see his poems since, as he would indict me, I never believed him.
Not that I did not like Jones, I did. But, was it more than that? Jones had definitely wanted more.
Unfortunately I never believed in love. It existed for me only in marriage. You see, I was born rather a sick girl. And for that my mother hated me.
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