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The Wonderland: Your Loathed Fantasy

Talk of the troubler and the troubled. The dainty daubers and dark doubles at the end of each street. Talk of a civil thief and his broken tongue, neat shirt, tainted teeth and lusty lung that trips your merry into grieve. Talk of the Alaba Boys*; Wish's Jeff Bezos. And the Computer Village's* noise; Bill Gate's ambassadors; your brain upsidedown, boxers* lost. Talk of a floating head in an elevated steep of mud, and a slackened loaf of bread sold for the net worth of Elon Musk. And Usian Bolts running for the Olympic medals of a bus, only for traffic cramps and holes, to blow the strengths into the dust. Talk of other varying wonders, and signs and revivals, talk of Lagos! '21:02:14:18:40 Note: Welcome to the struggle in Lagos, Nigeria. There are some colloquials only Nigerians, precisely Lagosians understand. They are, Alaba Boys: A general term for fraudster business folks in a place called Alaba in Lagos. Computer Village: Another version of Alaba. Boxers: This is a word a typical Nigerian uses when he or she refers to "Boxers' Shorts" or better still, "Pants"... As requested by a friend. Esther.

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