Life is a Beach

Life is a Beach
Fiction
Adaeze Sherleen Ilo
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Published inThe Lark
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4 min read·
Nov 2, 2021
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Image by S. Hermann & F. Richter from Pixabay
Disclaimer: The scenes from this short story are set in the West African country of Nigeria. Some of the language used reflects the popular Pidgin English spoken by locals. Pidgin English is a form of broken English.
It was 3:30 pm and Lukeman was drenched in his own sweat. The damn sun hadn't set yet? He hissed as he scanned the traffic for potential customers. Being a street hawker for over two…
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Written by Adaeze Sherleen Ilo
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Adaeze is a social worker in training who recently embraced her writing super powers. Now she writes to make up for lost time.
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