Then one day, out of the blue, while gambling with other runaway kids on the streets, she plowed into us like an uncontrollable vehicle, bulldozing some of us to the sidewalk as she was fleeing a group of police officers waving their batons, blowing their whistles as though they were warning people of the next wave of the American carpet bombings inside the country, galvanizing the people to a gathering point and plan a retaliation.

These police officers often overrea ... Read More

My wife used to complain about my socks splaying about on the floor, and now that I had gone to be with my Creator, she wished there would be socks whenever she arrived from work; if there were socks at such a place, it would mean I was home, in one of the many rooms awaiting her arrival while changing into casual clothing because I abhorred being stifled by a military uniform with all its dangling medals and imperfectly sew on bulky epaulets.

She missed me greatly, ... Read More

She seemed tall and svelt, to someone as small as me, with a good head on her shoulders. Every movement she made had substance, meaning behind it. When she moved, I thought I was looking at a well trained classical dancer, an apsara, and when she spoke, I thought I heard an apsara singing and birds chirping along with her. What could I say? I was smittened by her grace, by the fact I was standing by her side, and she spoke to me like I was her long lost pal.

It was ... Read More

Since I knew every street like I knew the back of my hand, I led her through several alley ways to a secure place behind an apartment complex hidden away by other skyscrapers as the police nearing us.

Most of these buildings were still unoccupied; we used them as our playgrounds, our toilets; yes, we urinated and defecated in them like animals marking their territories.

The capital was still a ghost town; only a handful were roaming the streets, some were ... Read More

These men would pay whatever fee I wanted to charge for time spent with one of my girls working the streets. These men came from all walks of life, some cheated on their wives, some lost their wives during the civil war and some appeared for only the company of a girl, any girl would do; these were lonely, insecured and timid men. 

Some were wounded by a landmine, a grenade or a gun fight but their handicaps didn't stop them from seeking a chance with my girls. Ther ... Read More