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    THIS BOOK IS PURELY FICTION AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LIVES OF THE CHARACTERS IN REAL LIFE!!


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JANUARY 29, FRIDAY • 4:55 P.M

TIVOLI GARDENS • KINGSTON, JAMAICA


 AMELIA CHRISTEN LEWIS |17

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 AMELIA CHRISTEN LEWIS |17

Bumboclaat man!


Right now me too young fi a stress so much. Yuh si wen yuh nuh want yuh dutty neighbours dem badmind wash mouth run pah u, yah fi a struggle fih accomplish weh yuh want in life, and fi dat a bare bumboclaat stress.

"Melia yuh nuh soon get study break?" my mother asked me, frightening me from my deep thoughts and causing me to jump.

I forgot that I was having a conversation with my mother. Kmt deven did memba weh she a chat seh.

"Little girl this is your last year in high school right? or yah do six form?" she asked, might as well do six form enuh caz me wah guh a UWI.

"Yes mommy me school seh dem ago give me study break  the second week of february." I told her. " Also yes me a go do six form because me-"   me not even finish chat and deh oman yah cut me off.

"Melia! Tap talk so loud yuh want eh dutty people dem next door hear yuh plans?" she whispered, kmt me all figet bout dem.

My mother and my neighbours weren't always like this, but since my mother and the neighbour Ms. Tivi stop talk is like a the whole lane hate we, and because my mother a christian she jus nuh ansa dem when dem a fass wid har. Dem only do that when me nuh home because,me nuh friad fi sen dem under dem deepest part a dem generations. And weh me seh me mean suh dem nuh like we.

"Sorry mommy....but yes me wah go a UWI and you know that you need all the qualifications dem" I laughed she not saying anything but smile.

As I sat there studying my phone began to ring when I looked at the caller ID I realised that it was my father. Kmt a now him feel fi call back afta me a call him from yesterday, yuh si because me nuh want me mada a stress bout how she ago sen me guh school monday mek me ansa deh man yah.

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