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(Photo: GALLO IMAGES/GETTY IMAGES)
(Photo: GALLO IMAGES/GETTY IMAGES)

How do you shrink time and crystallise into atomic pieces of ice shards?

By telling your mom you’re gay. Although I’ve long thought about it, there was no way to really prepare for it, so I simply blurt out.

“Mamakhe, I’m gay!’’Sade’s mother turns away from the basin, holding a plate mid-wash and dripping soapy water on the floor as she stares at her daughter.

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