Holding Demons in Small Jars
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Three boys are brutally killed in the neighborhood in Diamante, the capital city of Bantunia, a country healing from a tragic civil war. Follow the story of Detective Alu as he tries to piece together the story of their deaths.
Jasmine Kumalah
Jasmine Kumalah is a Belgian born, Sierra Leonean and Togolese- American writer. She writes stories, poetry and pursues other creative endeavors.Holding Demons in Small Jars is her first published work.
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Holding Demons in Small Jars - Jasmine Kumalah
Dedicated to the wounds in all of us
crying out to be healed.
~ Jasmine
To my family and loving husband Kevin.
With special gratitude to Jasmine
for entrusting me to illustrate your beautiful poetry.
And, to the memory of Michael and Kathu.
Your passions for life shall live on in my heart.
~ Si Jie
There is a war inside that slips outside,
the sort of war that leaves
men in death’s embrace,
body parts asunder.
The sort of war that leaves
fears frozen and shivers trapped.
Chapter One
Detective Alu cursed the suicidal okada driver,
threw vibrant insults at the man, to no avail.
Alu hated the small okada bikes.
His tall and lanky body,
too long for the small whirring machine,
perched uncomfortably behind the driver.
But this was the quickest way
to pass through the bustling streets of Diamante,
into the edge of the city where
the bay loomed.
The bay, a gluttonous vulture,
Lingered,
filled with the bodies
of the forgotten.
Alive and the dead.
Just an hour before, Alu had received a call from his boss,
Police Chief Bergain Maxine.
There had been a murder in the bay.
A gruesome affair.
The whir of the okada
drowned the sounds of the
bustling city and Alu’s