The Visit of the Ducks
by
Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju
In a dream, I ran into a friend and much older academic colleague from the University of Benin, Dr. Nwaboku, of the Department of Theater Arts, whom I had been told while I was in England, had passed away.
I ran to him in delight, "Its so wonderful to see you are alive, unlike what I was told!", trying to embrace him.
What did he do?
He started throwing stones at me.
Perplexed, I observed the grim determination with which he hurled those stones, doing everything to make sure I did not come near him.
I had to give up trying to reach him.
Yeas later, I keep wondering, why did he seem so hostile?
We had no problems known to me in our relationship.
Someone to whom I told the story concluded that Nwaboku was trying to prevent me from doing something unsafe for me by coming too close to him.
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“Visit of the Ducks” by Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju
