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    Larceny
    Larceny
    Larceny
    Ebook85 pages9 minutes

    Larceny

    By Jazmin Galloway

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    In this harrowing tale, of loss, and new beginnings, Jazmin Galloway explores the theft of life as we know it, through the lens of a scary but beautiful world.


    Larceny is a collection of readings following the sudden death of a woman's partner and his death's aftermath on her life, her child, and their

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJazmin Galloway
    Release dateMay 15, 2023
    ISBN9781088157329
    Larceny
    Author

    Jazmin Galloway

    JAZMIN GALLOWAY started writing poetry in the third grade. With decades of practice came many life changes, achievements, losses, and mistakes. Galloway uses her life experiences and dreams of life to come, and life that has passed, to inspire her poetry. You can find her on Facebook and Instagram @jazminsbooks

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      Book preview

      Larceny - Jazmin Galloway

      Larceny

      Jazmin Galloway

      Copyright © 2023 by Jazmin Galloway

      All rights reserved.

      ISBN – 978-1-7351652-7-1

      LOC – 9781735165271

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      No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher or author, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. All characters, names, places, and events mentioned in this book are a part of the author's imagination and in no way reflect, or replicate real people, events, or places.

      Trigger Warnings

      ~Depression

      ~Mentions of self-harm and harming others

      ~Lots of unfiltered emotions

      ~Miscarriage and childbirth

      ~Murder, Loss, and Grieving

      To all my fears.

      We are all just trying to live.

      DEATH

      Three drops of ink on white paper

      Smudged

      Streaked

      Stripped-bare

      Ineligible words of warfare

      Purpose

      I suppose its purpose

      is direct

      5 words 1 line

      the cause of death.

      Unspoken, unchosen

      But simply true

      Eyes Of Knives laid on you

      I suppose its purpose

      Is a threat

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