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The poetic city: “A Thought Experiment”

Mar 21, 2022 • Creative Writing, Uncategorized

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“A Thought Experiment”
If you believe that plucking a flower
will trouble a star,
You will probably agree that
the smallest act of kindness
makes the universe smile.
And if you realize that a butterfly
can change the course of a storm
by changing the direction of its flight,
It should be no surprise
that a moment of joyous wonder
may change the world.
I have learned that three breaths
can move a mountain and everything
depends on everything else…
Which is to say that no problem is so great
that it can’t be overcome by the smallest
change in the way we see it.
Reece Burka
5/28/2021

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