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KISS OF DEATH

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I remember the first time I saw her… I must admit, it was not as I had pictured it. T’was a hot sunny day (I could have sworn the doomsday environmentalist’s prediction had come true, no ozone layer or some thing like that). She was in blue jeans, a t-shirt and sports shoes… I was in black jeans; blue shirt and sweating like a pig… She was not across the road from me; we were on the same side of the road… When our eyes did lock, she had that look that said “deodorant, buy some” We went about crossing the road and midway through, she fell into a manhole… When she did emerge, I bet she regretted that deodorant idea… Nairobi sewer lines… God bless’em hahahaha…. But for some reason (blame it on my up bringing), while everyone else bust out laughing I extended a helping hand… And in that rare moment of kindness to a total stranger, I saw something in her eyes, a gentle sense of being… and I will never forget that smile, a smile that said she was ready to laugh at