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by Wislawa Szymborska f0H.$UAL
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They both thought +ALrHFG
that a sudden feeling had united them nz3*s#k\-
This certainty is beautiful, ~s+vJvWz
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. )7 & -DI1
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They thought they didn't know each other, bW=q G
nothing had ever happened between them. b,^ "-r
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, TO.b-
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they could have passed each other long ago R$awo/'^
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I would like to ask them, n}UJ-\$
if they can remember - TX=894{nGh
perhaps in a revolving door _p6r5Y
face to face one day? K? o p3}f?
A "sorry" in the crowd? |aP`hVm
"Wrong number" on the phone? S=,czs3N
- but I know the answer. l6bY!I>
No, they don't remember. EsKgS\`RZ
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How surprised they would be \1Y|$:T/
for such a long time already 4MPy}yT*
fate has been playing with them. ^y@
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Not quite yet ready 7n#-3#_mG
to change into destiny, b#?sx"z
which brings them nearer and yet further, uLzE'ZmV
barriering their path JPZp*5c6A
and suppressing a laugh, iHhdoY[]
leaped aside. nriSVGi
There were signs, indications, OdFF)-K>~
but maybe just undecipherable. i(|ug_^
Three years ago, perhaps a(vt"MQ_
or even last Tuesday, IVPN=jg?
this leaf flying #r #[&b
from one shoulder to another? ]jD\4\M}
Something was dropped and then picked up. /O:4u_
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished @ ;!IPiU
into childhood bushes? HX2u{2$
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There were handles, door bells, yzK<yvN
where, on the trace of a hand, S9!KI)
another hand was placed; le \f:
suitcases next to one another in the , ~
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left luggage. O5r8Ghf)
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, q%x i>H.:{
suddenly erased after waking. 'etA1]<N
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Every beginning =x-7 Wy
is only a sequel, after all, JlnmG<WLT
and the book of fate xmnBG4,f
is always just half open. <<01@Q <