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The poetic city: “When Chance Plays With Intention”

May 16, 2022 • Creative Writing

Maybe the dice are Chance and Intention. (Photo: Pexels)

 

When Chance Plays With Intention
Everything that happens
Happens just because
When Chance plays with Intention
This is what he does.
Intention defines the whole,
The beginning and the end.
Chance determines the specific
With which we must contend
He hides behind the apparent
Never showing his face
And bids us to act
Leaving without a trace
Whether he is a blessing
Or, whether he a curse
He provides us with the reason
For our challenges to traverse
Reece Burka
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