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by Wislawa Szymborska O->_/_
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They both thought *.m{jgi1X
that a sudden feeling had united them r"{Is?yKe
This certainty is beautiful, N>d|A]zH
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. ,4H;P/xsb
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They thought they didn't know each other, xdd:yrC
nothing had ever happened between them. ~~C6)N~1
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, ~@T+mHny
they could have passed each other long ago X0y?<G1(a
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I would like to ask them, L w>-7)
if they can remember - F8{ldzh
perhaps in a revolving door SkiJpMN
face to face one day? ta&Q4v&-
A "sorry" in the crowd? 8To7c
"Wrong number" on the phone? &sm
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- but I know the answer. 7$(_j<o`
No, they don't remember. |x &Z~y
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How surprised they would be 6xQ"bFm
for such a long time already sA/,+aM
fate has been playing with them. <9ma(PFa
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Not quite yet ready
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to change into destiny, uuu\f*<
which brings them nearer and yet further, IWAj Mwo
barriering their path 7{n\yl?
and suppressing a laugh, f;.SSiT
leaped aside. )fNGB]%
There were signs, indications, q}>M& *
but maybe just undecipherable. 3YR *
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Three years ago, perhaps Uh|TDuM
or even last Tuesday, ]{YN{
this leaf flying C@%iQ]=
from one shoulder to another? jEUx
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Something was dropped and then picked up. Ns'FH(:
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished l<:`~\#
into childhood bushes? "E.\6sC
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There were handles, door bells, y:Z$LmPc<
where, on the trace of a hand, %VzYqj_P"
another hand was placed; \WWG>OUh.U
suitcases next to one another in the z4CJn[m9
left luggage. YMi/uy
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, T3=(`
suddenly erased after waking. F4Rr26M
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is only a sequel, after all, 4 GUA&