Two days ago I
decided to cook up some tasty thick chicken breast for my daughter and I.
Along with a plate of fries.
Often containing frozen goods in my basement
for extra.
Aiming towards the basement door, rotating the knob.
Widened the air and smelling an unpleasant, disgusting smell floating in the Basement's atmosphere.
Hearing my voice thinking
that I am talking to my baby but myself. "What is that smell? It smell like something rotten.
The odor was extremely viral around the basement.
I stood on the first staircase
for 4 seconds, and strolled down the six staircases.
The smell got more louder
and unpleasant. "What could that smell be?"
My hunger for chicken and fries suddenly vanished away.
Doing a odor investigation around the basement forgetting the food. "Where in the hell that smell is coming from?"
After 10 minutes forgetting the smell and walked towards the freezer area to get the food.
Opening the head board and something in there made be frantic and disgusted.
I quickly scampered up the stairs, ran towards up stairs
towards my mother's room speaking loud. "MAMA? MA?"
"YEAH?" She responded.
"I WANNA SHOW YOU SOMETHING IN THE BASEMENT, IT'S IMPORTANT, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, I NEED YOU THIS TIME. LORD HAMERCY."
"IMPORTANT? OKAY, I'LL BE DOWN," she responded.
"I gotta show you something, I was wondering where that smell was coming from in the basement."
"What is it?" She responded.
We walked down the six stair cases, and aimed towards the freezer door.
"Open that freezer, and you'll see what's in there."
"Naw, you open it, you way younger than me," she responded.
"If you wanna see what's in there, open it."
Mother making up her thoughts, suggested on lifting the headboard. "Oh man, ughhhhhh." Wiping her shirt. "Where did they come from Ciara?"
"I think I need to stop leaving that door open when me and Kiki be hanging out on the back porch."
Us looking at the freezer, watching hundreds of tiny baby maggots traveling inside the nasty freezer. Mother hurried and swiftly shut the freezer.
Seeing maggots made my
mouth volmit. " I was go get some chicken and fries and out, and I saw these in things."
Mother opens the top again, touched the food. "The food not even frozed."
"WHAT? IT'S NOT?"
"NAW," she responded.
"I went down here yesturday and got something, it was fine than."
"Ciara it's not working, all this food is spoiled."
Hearing that, I felt unsatisfied, worried, fearful. "Aww man, that was a lotta good food too."
"I know Ciara, but we probably have to get another freezer, that's how it is, things just go out," she responded.
Mother rushed and got a towel and knocked some of the baby maggots out of the freezer falling unto the floor.
"Why is them lights on at the bottom?"
"What lights?" She responded.
"The lights at the bottom, a red light and green light. If those lights on, than the freezer should come on."
"Naw that don't mean nothing, let me try a different outlit," she responded.
Searching for a plug in,
quiclky spotted one by a dusty
book case.
"It's still not turning on," she responded.
"Hmmm. Call Geraldine and ask her about why is these lights still on when you plug it in. I don't get these.
"Okay," she responded.
Us aimed back up stairs,
sitting on the couch waiting for
an explanation.
Mother dials her sister's cell.
Mother and Geraldine conversing in paragraphs.
Waiting, waiting, waiting on an explanation. "Geraldine said the lights don't mean it's working. We go have to get another freezer when I get some money next month," she responded.
"How much do them freezers be costing?"
"Like hundred n something," she responded.
"We go have to go half on it next month."
"Okay. But tomorrow, we cleaning out that freezer, we throwing out all that spoil food," she responded.
"If we cleaning out that freezer, we might wanna have our face mask on cause that smell loud."
"Okay," she responded.
Us agreed to wear the sickening covid-19 mask down in the basement tomorrow.
"I Miss that food, that was a lotta food we had."
Getting another freezer although still made me feel
sad, greedy for more food.
That day,
door bell rings.
Opening the door for my boyfriend. Giving him a manly hug, and walked towards the living room.
"You seem tense, you wanna tell me something?"
Telling him the story of maggots
in the freezer made me back emotional again.
"Well I understand, what you went through, but you ain't have to take your anger on me."
"I'm not angry, I'm upset," I responded.
"I mean upset, and you gave me a side homey hug."
"A homey hug?" That wasn't a homey hug," I responded.
"Yeah it was, I felt a vibe you was distancing yoself away from me."
"Distancing?" I responded.
"Yeah distancing, when you just opened the door and and went on in the living room not showing no excitement."
"What would I be excited about?" I responded.
"Me, happy to see me."
"I apologize but today wasn't my day, I'm not feeling happy today," I responded.
"Well you coulda just said that instead of walking off not expressing how you feel."
"Yeah but that freezer is on my mind."
"Yeah I understand, but y'all go get another one, I'll pray y'all do. You gotta understand things happens."
"Yeah that's what my mama said," I responded.
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