Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Accra’s Angst in One Instance
Gravid Grandam, why do you furiously fling me the evil corner eye before the soonest sunrays have made the scene? I was just bundling into my car for work when I espied your tired trundle towards me. You seemed to be arranging to eject spittle in my general surroundings. Is it my fault that I scurried into the car? Why did you swivel and survey me from shocked head to shivering shoes like that?
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Gravid Grandam = pregnant old woman,or pot-bellied old woman or neither? i probably have the definition of gravid all messed up in my head. where's my dictionary?
ReplyDeleteI think you have got it all right, Esi!
ReplyDeleteAnother alliteration wonder. I love how you savour all these moments that are quite everyday-ish and make them timeless.
ReplyDeleteWay too often I am lost in my own thoughts when going about and don't remember them well enough to write about. Do you keep all these things memorized, or you write them down in your notebook?
Ada, I cannot wait to have that writing-styles discussion with you. There'll be so much to learn both ways, I think.
ReplyDeleteTo your question, it is a combination of both. I always carry a writers notebook in which I note the ordinary things I witness in phrases to expand later. But I can also make a mental note (if I do not want to park and write down) and then as soon as I arrive where I am going, I write it in the notebook.
What did you do to her? But if it's a pregnant woman then you should know that some pregnant women easily get pissed off by anything at all
ReplyDeleteNothing, nada, Naa! But now I know (from you) that "pregnant women easily get pissed off by anything at all"
ReplyDeleteI got the strong impression, though, that she was angry with something about me.
lol,nah that wasn't meant for you so don't get her wrong but you shld ave asked her if she wants a lift(if it wasn't ur car u were entering like I will say you were trying to cross her path).
ReplyDeleteNaa, she was walking in the direction opposite to where I was driving. Couldn't have offered a ride.
ReplyDeleteGee NY!
ReplyDeleteYou are indeed a "Dreamer, Writer, Enquirer, Seeker, Believer, Admirer, Adventurer, Friend" and also a critical Observer.
Some of us are really oblivious to what is happenning around us.
Most pregnant women though are hormonally driven. The scent of certain perfume can sometimes unhinge them or perhaps seeing you brought out some memories.
Thanks, Posekyere. I like to observe and build storms in tea cups. About the hormones and all, my gut feeling is something about me irritated her. And it could be one of any number, right. I agree with you.
ReplyDeleteI can just picture the evil eye look right now...
ReplyDeleteIf her evil eye is anything like what I knoww, then no wonder you wrote a poem about it.
If (evil eye) looks could kill, I would be labelled a mass murderer. I'm not proud of this but I am working on it, really I am.
Dear Raine, soften your 'eye' then, ok? Give us love (eyes) not ice!
ReplyDeleteAww...! I feel for you.
ReplyDeleteBut truth be told, i didn't understand a word of it, untill reading the above comments.The second time, went down smooth, i believe i need a dictionary too.
Get that dictionary, then. I apologise for my failure to communicate sometimes.
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