A young girl goes through the motions with the wildest cravings, from the bow to the knocked in Bizarre Imitations; yet another with empty arms narrowly escapes One Chance. In contrast, some women’s surgery-induced large buttocks introduce a mean body guest. And in the bravura narrative, “Give Me A Break!”, an image reaches in to fix what words and actions are so challenged to achieve. Even as That Neighbour sends ignorance on a rampage, Adesina Street unveils popping episodes of the societal good, the bad and the ugly.

Direct and uninhibited, bizarre and sexy, queer and sarcastic, hilarious and serious, “Sakadelli 2 – Give Me A Break!” swings from the light-hearted to the most delicate sentiments. In their stirring originality, these short stories, written in verse, enlarge the possibilities of contemporary fiction.