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by Wislawa Szymborska jak|LOp
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They both thought O'?lW~CD.>
that a sudden feeling had united them i~M.F=I5
This certainty is beautiful, epm8N /
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. 3ks|
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They thought they didn't know each other, R|^t~h-
nothing had ever happened between them. F^[Rwzv>c
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, DyV[+P
they could have passed each other long ago >5YYij5Aj
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I would like to ask them, +r34\mAO
if they can remember - WW
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perhaps in a revolving door z@40g)R2A
face to face one day? [O =)FiY-
A "sorry" in the crowd? 'J<zVD}0
"Wrong number" on the phone? L``mF(R^
- but I know the answer. =I*ZOE3n
No, they don't remember. /:];2P6#X
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How surprised they would be E!]rh,mYK
for such a long time already LB 5EGw
fate has been playing with them. ;?[ +vf")
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Not quite yet ready SX<>6vH&
to change into destiny, P)
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which brings them nearer and yet further, !N2 n@bo
barriering their path n@8{FoF
and suppressing a laugh, SOY#, Zu
leaped aside. )e$-B]>7z
There were signs, indications, Vam8NnZ|r
but maybe just undecipherable. 2tTV5,(1
Three years ago, perhaps k-p7Y@`+a
or even last Tuesday, uTFEI.N
this leaf flying ;bu;t#
from one shoulder to another? L
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Something was dropped and then picked up. Q14;G<l-
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished 9(\N+
into childhood bushes? ^C#bW<T
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There were handles, door bells, 9!<3qx/
where, on the trace of a hand,
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another hand was placed; g0U\AN
suitcases next to one another in the Wam?(!{mOf
left luggage. ]uXsl0'`V
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, U0=zuRr n
suddenly erased after waking. `SpS?mWA
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Every beginning Al;oI3
is only a sequel, after all, z:?
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and the book of fate JqIv&W