to live in the diaspora is to return to your homeland and appear as a stranger while there a stranger approached me and spoke some english that was broken carried by pidgin – i received only a few pieces. half at peace and half uneased. i’m nigerian: i could regurgitate a reply in my stale, remnant accent from childhood i’m american: he’d smell the tainted accent and perceive how rotten it is. to live in the diaspora is to be in your homeland and appear as a stranger while here strangers approach me to question where i’m from because of the lingo spoken with my people – igbo. half at peace and half uneased i’m nigerian : i’m american
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