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by Wislawa Szymborska s~X%Y<9l
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They both thought t ?FBG4
that a sudden feeling had united them R:qW;n%AF
This certainty is beautiful, H Pz+Dm
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. (E1~H0^
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They thought they didn't know each other, >A"(KSNL
nothing had ever happened between them. pQB."[n
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, %xLhZ\
they could have passed each other long ago V0mn4sfs
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I would like to ask them, Mi_$">1-W
if they can remember - )^hbsMhO
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face to face one day? %W S+(0*1
A "sorry" in the crowd? JBZ@'8eqi]
"Wrong number" on the phone? WcGS9`m/
- but I know the answer. @=u3ZVD
No, they don't remember. y@yD5$/
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How surprised they would be \9EjClfo
for such a long time already HZZn'u
fate has been playing with them. w0unS`\4
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Not quite yet ready YS_;OFsd
to change into destiny, ^iYj[~
which brings them nearer and yet further, Wd
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barriering their path COlaD"Y
and suppressing a laugh, Z;"vW!%d
leaped aside. f|(M.U-
There were signs, indications, 5"H=zJ=r
but maybe just undecipherable. [Ch.cE_
Three years ago, perhaps klhtKp_p
or even last Tuesday, 2Tppcj v
this leaf flying [2cD:JL
from one shoulder to another? _@/8gPT*i
Something was dropped and then picked up. j] [,J49L
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished k9F=8q
into childhood bushes? c&Q$L }
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There were handles, door bells, d/@,@8:
where, on the trace of a hand, <OPArht
another hand was placed; L}NSR
suitcases next to one another in the |4`{]2C
left luggage. 93hxSRw
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, 0{SL&<&