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The poetic city: “One Star”

Mar 13, 2023 • Creative Writing

One Star; full light (Photo by: Reece Burka)

 
 
 
 
“One Star”
 
One star
               
The right conditions 
                              
And look what happens…
 
 
Reece Burka 
1/15/2022
 

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