I got life, and I'm going to keep it…

The refresh button has been clicked so many times on Ali’s screen and mine so many

times over the last 24 hours; with joy, with pain, with excitement, with boredom, with

patience, with edginess…the deadline arrived and I sing “…ain’t got no home, ain’t

got no…what I have got nobody can take away?”

I read the lines in the email:

…I just noticed your contest in the newspaper here in Canada, and realized that it

ends in 2 hours. I was just wondering if you do this sort of thing every year, because I

would love to attend it…

…the muscles on my face move…I believe it’s called smile…

“…ain’t no money, ain’t no name…”

Someone from Nigeria wrote:

…the internet went down, my essay is on its way though; can I have an extension?

…phone conversations late at night: ´we can extend the deadline, can’t we?!’

So here is the news, if you have missed the deadline, your chance is not lost yet:

NEW DEADLINE:

14th April 2011

9:00 PM GMT

Write, write and write…

I got life, and I'm going to keep it [1]…

[1] This piece is inspired by Nina Simon’s song titled Ain’t Got No, I Got Life