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Grandmama’s skin was
Pale, Irish butter yellow.
Her eyes green, her veins
Blue, like spilled ink blotted clean
From the family Bible.
Akumbu Uche is a Nigerian writer and performance storyteller. Her creative work has been published in Aké Review, Brittle Paper, Canthius, The Cincinnati Review, Engaging Borders Africa, Konya Shamsrumi, Sprinng, and Stony Thursday Book, among others. She was shortlisted for the 2024 Evaristo Prize for African Poetry.