Testing Destruction

Testing Destruction

written by: Bernadette O’Reilly

Midsummer’s day
From my bedroom window
I see her
Dressed in a peach tracksuit
Blonde curly hair
Round face animated
Standing just below our gate chatting
Both hands wrapped around her bicycle
About to start on life’s journey
She did not see the lorry coming
The guards later told her parents

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Bernadette O'Reilly

I am published in various anthologies. I have participated in open mics in Dublin city. Read my work on radio. My first collection Broken China was published by Alba Publishing. A self-published collection Gentle Touch was published in the 90s.

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