Reece Burkaauthor

The poetic city: “All That’s Left”

Feb 06, 2023 • Creative Writing, Neighborhoods, Places

Shotguns have a large spray

“All That’s Left”

The walls of this house

may slowly come apart with age,

but their fissures let the sun

shine through…

And the floors that slope

this way and that make us

aware of all we’ve been through.

What’s left after time and age

have taken their toll

is the essential beauty of

all that remains true.

Reece Burka

1/27/2023

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