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The poetic city: “Not Yet 9/7/2020”

Nov 09, 2020 • 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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