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The poetic city: “Not Yet 9/7/2020”
Nov 09, 2020
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Creative Writing
Not Yet 9/7/2020
Time destroys everything
that makes life exquisite.
But nothing in life would be
exquisite were it not for time.
So we give thanks to time
each night for its bounty,
And each morning we pray,
“not yet, not yet.”
Reece
Burka
9/7/2020
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