Author: chrisjohnson0207
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Week 23: Writing Prompts
Monday 31 January Write about finding something that was lost. It was dark – not lightless, airy dark, where there is a faint echo of light reverberating off the walls of a lightly-painted classroom, but dark-dark, where photons go to die, deep wet cave dark, dark like the inside of a chest kept in your…
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The Walk: Conclusion
The final segment of a five-part story about a long walk. Friday 1 January: Kribi 11:45 AM I collapsed on a soft bed in an expensive hotel room around 1:00 AM this morning, the sounds of fireworks and beachside cheers humming through the windows. The last 48 hours have been exhausting. I left the worker’s…
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The Walk: Part IV
The penultimate chapter of a five-part story of a long walk. Tuesday 29 December: Mefo 17:00 The medicine I use to treat my chaffing is Faustian. The pain of application is like sitting on hot coals unprotected; this feeling is the antiseptic purging the sore and helping with clotting, but it lasted today for almost…
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The Walk: Part III
The third part of a five-part story of a long walk. Sunday 27 December: Ebolowa 8:30 Emotional and sensory rollercoaster the last few days. Let me remember… On Christmas morning, I walked 20km to Ngoule Makong. The air was thick with fog, giving the windy trunks and snaking vines this otherworldly origin, as if they…
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The Walk: Part II
The second part of a five-part description of a long walk. Wednesday 23 December: Abang 16:00 I left Yaoundé (again), this time by moto. I rode with my driver to Mbalmayo, a small town, dusty and dark and somewhat ghostly, like Rwamagana, where the volunteers in my Peace Corps Rwanda cohort had completed their training…
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