CHRISSIE MORRIS BRADY - THE PRIEST

Chrissie Morris Brady now lives on the south coast of England. She lived in L.A for several years, getting her degree at USC and working with recovering addicts. Chrissie is much travelled and is a human right's activist. She has been published by Writing For Peace, Bournemouth Borough Council, Mad Swirl, Dissident Voice, Novel Masters, and Scarlet Review as well as appearing in several anthologies.

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                                         The Priest

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A bloody white handkerchief,
waved as he carries the boy
through gunfire. The boy dies,
with many others on that
bloody Sunday.

Ireland's second bloody Sunday.
So many deaths, so much blood
in the fight for freedom. How
many bloody white handkerchieves?