19 February 2014:
Modulator
Two primary school kids board the bus
bespectacled,
carrying bulging bags,
both with iPhone 5s.
They sit down.
An ahma boards the bus
panting,
carrying groceries in
both her wrinkled hands.
They weigh her down.
Ahma looks around the bus
frantically,
finds the boys,
squeezes in the seat.
“Boy, told you don't walk so fast, ahma leg pain ...”
“Okay” says the fatter boy who
looks around his phone screen,
finds the boss,
kills him with a grenade.
“Boy, how your school?”
“Ahma shh, I playing game” says he and
asks the other for help
“eh how go next stage ah?”
Ahma shh-ed and
gripped the groceries tighter
for they couldn't communicate
as they were on different frequencies.
Inspired by true happenings.