"On Black Friday" by Nathanael O’Reilly

a tall young blonde

woman removes

a wedding dress

wrapped in clear plastic

from the back seat

of her pure white

Mercedes coupe

carries it gently

towards her house

right arm raised high

elevating

the hem above

her unpaved drive

lifting the fairytale

costume above

dirt earth nature

Nathanael O’Reilly is an Irish-Australian poet. His collections include Landmarks, Selected Poems of Ned Kelly, Dear Nostalgia, Boulevard, (Un)belonging and Preparations for Departure. His poetry appears in journals & anthologies published in fifteen countries. He is the poetry editor for Antipodes: A Global Journal of Australian/New Zealand Literature.