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Love handles

Aisha Kabiru Mohammed

My mother taught me to fill up on rage till it spilt over my back as cinnamon rolls. I always wondered how I could hold onto forgiveness with fat fingers. When I saw her in my reflection I took broken shards of the mirror and sliced the love handles. Hoping to see myself. But blood holds memory so I remember every lesson still until I let my tired skin rest from the wounds and learn to move in a body I ran away from all my life.

About the Author

Aisha is a writer and Law student from Nigeria. Her work has been published in Popula, Document women, Brittle Paper, and others. She believes In the Power of Storytelling in shaping the socio-political landscape of a Nation. She currently works as Assitant Editor at Document Women.

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