Nneka Onwuzurike

2 months ago | theoffingmag.com | Nneka Onwuzurike |Melissa Harris-Perry |Faith Adiele |N.F. Kenure

My boyfriend said to me over the phone one warm evening in September years ago, ‘Hey, any chance we could get married by December?’ It was not the romantic proposal of any girl’s dream by any stretch of the imagination. To be fair to him, John — I’ll call him John as it’s a no-fuss and practical name that suits him — had been talking about getting married for a while, and I had been trying to sidestep it.

Jul 17, 2024 | theoffingmag.com | Darius Simpson |Nneka Onwuzurike |Mandy Shunnarah |Indrani Sengupta

This poem was originally accepted by POETRY magazine but was withdrawn by the author in protest.