I mistake my friend for a gun, and he
offers to smuggle me out of harm.
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Chiwenite Onyekwelu is a Nigerian essayist and poet whose works appear or are forthcoming in Chestnut Review, Gutter Magazine, Prairie Fire, Rough Cut and elsewhere. He serves as chief editor at the School of Pharmacy Agulu.
I mistake my friend for a gun, and he
offers to smuggle me out of harm.
Most of the people I know are cone-shaped.
Always protruding.