Sanu

[zoeanonymous]

"Sanu" is a Hausa greeting. Much like 'hello'. On the road to Mike's this evening, I greeted a group of small Hausa children sitting under a wooden stand, huddled around an empty bag of Tom-Toms. "Sanu!" They looked up at me with the usual mixture of skepticism and curiosity. Who is this oyinbo who greets us in Hausa? I walked past, smiling, and

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head to toe

[sir_sky]

"It was so nice not feel lonely, to feel my whole body hum (from head to toe) as his lips pressed against mine."

Oh I feel that.

And the disappointment. Christ. it never stops being crushing.

You will feel the caring in your gut when you least expect it, and it'll wash over you and through you...sometimes you can defer feeling certain things because you're in a place where it's not safe to feel them.

The housa people in Nima would say somethign that sounded like "Sandayeen" for hello- if you're coming in out of the sun, and the people in the shade say "Sandooka-day, Sandez-wah".

This post made me feel a rush of things forgotten, and difficult things.

[sir_sky]

haunted is the word...

Re: head to toe

[zoeanonymous]

Some times it seems like the more not safe it is to feel, the more willing I am to throw myself at the mercy of feeling. It seems to be the only way I can write from my gut, by extreme acts of feeling.

*hugs*

[misszulu]

fuck this j asshole.
let's just be friends equals "i really don't give a shit about you, but i don't want the world to know i'm an asshole, so i'm going to try to cover my ass and give you this lame excuse."

i know i've never met this guy, but it sounds like q all over again. but less cheating and lying involved.

seriously z, i would stab him in the eye for being such a coward.

[zoeanonymous]

Oh my goddess, T, you make me laugh! Thank you for putting a smile on my face. It's not Q again, though. Seriously. I knew it wasn't going to work from the very first, so I blame myself more than anyone. I do occassionally contemplate kicking him in the shins, though ;)

Love you, girl xo

[misszulu]

dont' blame yourself! what are you 17? you're not selling evanescence records here. come on!

i love you too and miss you lots.
i found something on the ground the other day i wanna send you for xmas.