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Genesis

Genesis then god said   let me make man in my image man in my likeness   man like me man like light and man like dark let man nyam and chop whatever   be good   god said   give man arm to skank   leg to shake tongue and chest to speak with give man cash to spray   put man’s face on it   said give man sea and sky and trees and zones one to six on the oyster so man can see it     now man said   rah   swear down        man said   show me Gboyega Odubanjo Reprinted by permission of Faber & Faber from Adam (2024) © The Estate of Gboyega Odubanjo, 2024

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