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"To the Children Growing Up in the Aftermath of Their Parents' War," an excerpt of Faith, a novel by Itoro Bassey

I did everything I could do for just-because happiness. I took a bed sheet and wore it as a cape to pretend I was a bird. I stomped my feet and shook my ass because I was taken with the rhythm of my own dancing. I joined the show choir to sing my heart out even though I knew I’d catch hell for the racy uniform when I got home. In a house bent on suffering I pressed the joy button.

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