Love at First Sight JMuUj_^}7
by Wislawa Szymborska 5b0Ipg
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They both thought ScQJsFE6
that a sudden feeling had united them GuQ3$B3j
This certainty is beautiful, 7SoxsT)
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. T mH#
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They thought they didn't know each other, f";70}_
nothing had ever happened between them. ,8;;#XR3
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, v[e$RH
they could have passed each other long ago &sR{3pC}
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I would like to ask them, D2E~c? V
if they can remember - D`3}j
perhaps in a revolving door vpvPRwJ
face to face one day? aN).G1
A "sorry" in the crowd? L;Nz\sJ
"Wrong number" on the phone? #?}k0Y
- but I know the answer. yf*MG&}
No, they don't remember. j8M}*1
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How surprised they would be RSG4A>%!mI
for such a long time already g (ZeGNV8
fate has been playing with them. ^>.?kh9z
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Not quite yet ready o(]kI?`
to change into destiny, }=^YLu=
which brings them nearer and yet further, ~/!Zh
barriering their path wHWd~K_q
and suppressing a laugh, W~.1f1)
leaped aside. WfhQi;r
There were signs, indications,
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but maybe just undecipherable. Q pz01x
Three years ago, perhaps 8~ .r/!wfy
or even last Tuesday, <6mXlK3N0
this leaf flying :)g=AhBF
from one shoulder to another? 1'"o; a]k/
Something was dropped and then picked up. L/%3_,
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished 2etcSU(y>
into childhood bushes? &1F)/$,v
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There were handles, door bells, 9^4^EY#
where, on the trace of a hand, 58mzh82+
another hand was placed; N1\u~%AT"
suitcases next to one another in the \x(J vDt
left luggage. C;oP"K]4=
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, )U>q><
suddenly erased after waking. +VdYT6{p
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Every beginning NlU:e}zGR
is only a sequel, after all, Iu2RK
and the book of fate q_g'4VZv
is always just half open. ?WG9}R[qE/
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