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by Wislawa Szymborska .H,xle
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that a sudden feeling had united them VU@9@%TN
This certainty is beautiful, o: ;"w"G
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. E}ZJ)V7
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They thought they didn't know each other, Gdg"gi!4
nothing had ever happened between them. W2.qhY 5
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, R"K#7{p9
they could have passed each other long ago 5ms""LD/
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I would like to ask them, `:axzCrCfR
if they can remember - uIZWO.OdU
perhaps in a revolving door T*KMksjxm`
face to face one day? ciMzf$+G$
A "sorry" in the crowd? ^+g$iM[`f
"Wrong number" on the phone? 7NJhRz`_
- but I know the answer. |7zd%!
No, they don't remember. u7=U^}#
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How surprised they would be 4^URX>nx8
for such a long time already aE2.L;Tk?
fate has been playing with them. y '!m4-
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Not quite yet ready 5L!y-3
to change into destiny, x7$}8LZ"B
which brings them nearer and yet further, =%/)m:f!^
barriering their path f!JS= N?3
and suppressing a laugh, e;(0(rI
leaped aside. ? YG)I;(
There were signs, indications, Jkek-m
but maybe just undecipherable. =AuR:Tx
Three years ago, perhaps h2D>;k
or even last Tuesday, ?Ec7" hK
this leaf flying rOVVL%@QqJ
from one shoulder to another? `*shF9.\C
Something was dropped and then picked up. Sm5H_m!
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished iTQD
into childhood bushes? #{\%rWnCm
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There were handles, door bells, L+i(TM=
where, on the trace of a hand, @<