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HALCYON DAYS
<p>Where did the good old days go?</p><p>I mean, the 90s when life was simple,</p><p>easier and, in many ways, more beautiful </p><p>than what we have now.</p><p>Scrolling through Tiktok and I happened on </p><p>some random posts that poked my memory.</p><p>Memory from far away and in that memory,</p><p>I was a child who was relishing the perks of the </p><p>most amazing time to be alive. </p><p>It is almost impossible to remember those</p><p>days without a lone tear travelling the distance</p><p>from my eyes to my chin. </p><p>Growing up, my father had stories of his time, </p><p>one that, according to him, was better than what </p><p>I was experiencing at the time. Now I also have my own </p><p>stories of days gone by.</p><p>Was it the Children's Day parade? Or the countdowns to Christmas </p><p>from November? Was it the compulsory Saturday morning chores</p><p>we carried out with grumbling soundtracks as daddy sat in the </p><p>living room, face buried in the papers. </p><p>Breakfasts alternated between tea and bread, akamu and akara, </p><p>fried egg and bread but never </p><p>eba, definitely not rice. That was the crown of Sundays.</p><p>Rice and stew was so loved that Saturday nights were for making stews.</p><p>I mean, October 1st was actually a day we greeted one another, </p><p>"Happy Independence", after listened to the National broadcast by the </p><p>President at 7am. </p><p>Don't get me started on the kind of entertainment we had back then; </p><p>music was rich, lyrics held hints of painstaking efforts. Artists like: </p><p>Tina Turner, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, KennyG, </p><p>Yanni, Oliver de Coke, Blackkie, etc. </p><p>Most of whom our daddies made us love.</p><p>The best soap operas: When you are mine, Secrets of the Sand, </p><p>Wale Adenuga's Super Story series etc. </p><p>I miss yesterday so much and I doubt there'll ever be </p><p>a time I'll stop reminiscing the gift of experiencing life </p><p>in its fullest. </p>
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