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The poetic city: “The Answer”

Jun 05, 2023 • Creative Writing

Jellyfish (the immortal) made from plastic bits of pollution (also feels immortal) hung throughout the Aquarium of the Americas. (Photos: Renee Peck)

The Answer

 
If it’s true that one day 
the universe will disappear, 
along with everything in it,
 
One can’t help wondering, 
“Why bother?” 
 
And if everything that has existed 
will disappear without a trace 
that it ever had existed,
 
What difference would it make 
what one does or doesn’t do? 
 
The answer is in the asking. 
 
Reece Burka 
2/22/2022
 

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