Seventeen. Just got her license. Sun was in her eyes. Look.

Constable notes:

Driver vehicle dented – a reduced tin of fruit at the supermarket.
Recipient – a soda can. Crushed. Ready for recycling.

Mother’s arms wrap her daughter. Consoling. Shielding. Hiding the stretcher covered in sheets. Burying the inconsolable. Refuting prejudice.

Born in Kenya, Karen now lives in Western Australia enjoying life by the beach. She is an aspiring author with an array of short stories dotted around the world.