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The poetic city: “Lucky Us”

Nov 07, 2022 • Creative Writing

Reece Burka finds luck where he looks. (Photo by: Reece Burka)

Lucky Us

On my walk today

I spotted a gorgeous flower

blooming in obscurity.

It was so beautiful

that it carried me

out of the doldrums

into a state of wonder.

I am not sure the flower

would have been noticed

at all had I not come upon it

at the right moment.

Yet, it felt like things

happened as they did

because they were supposed

to happen as they did.

Lucky me, lucky flower…

Reece Burka

10/4/2022

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