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by Wislawa Szymborska *P/A&"i[E
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that a sudden feeling had united them nA("
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but uncertainty is more beautiful still. H%U
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They thought they didn't know each other, H+Bon=$cE!
nothing had ever happened between them.
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These streets, these stairs, this corridors, [#Gu?L_W
they could have passed each other long ago *K$a;2WjzG
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I would like to ask them, Zn
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if they can remember - 6:B,ir
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perhaps in a revolving door gAsmPI.K
face to face one day? Qu=b-9
A "sorry" in the crowd? [|eIax xR,
"Wrong number" on the phone? 1)
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- but I know the answer.
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No, they don't remember. _[-MyU s
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How surprised they would be $A{$$8P
for such a long time already f:~G)
fate has been playing with them. <|Lz#iV37
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Not quite yet ready UV}:3c6 ZX
to change into destiny, :M{
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which brings them nearer and yet further, )z74,n7-
barriering their path 4vG-d)"M2
and suppressing a laugh, Kn5C
leaped aside. y|MhV/P04
There were signs, indications, r^C(|Vx
but maybe just undecipherable. iZdl0;16[
Three years ago, perhaps 0R\.G1f%
or even last Tuesday, YB4
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this leaf flying OQ_<V xz
from one shoulder to another? W?4:sLC#3
Something was dropped and then picked up. 2(3Q#3V
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished YB 7A5
into childhood bushes? f~P YK
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