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by Wislawa Szymborska HeGYu?&
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They both thought uP $Cj
that a sudden feeling had united them :nN1e
This certainty is beautiful, ZFm`UXS
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. Fzlozx1y[
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They thought they didn't know each other, ji1HV1S
nothing had ever happened between them. a3SlxsWW
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, _n8GWBi
they could have passed each other long ago WS8+7O'1\
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I would like to ask them, BAj-akc f
if they can remember - O43YY2
perhaps in a revolving door Xl7aGlH
face to face one day? lH^^77"4Qo
A "sorry" in the crowd? }kHdK vZ
"Wrong number" on the phone? +yob)%
- but I know the answer. gU^$Sx7'
No, they don't remember. `^JJ&)4iv
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How surprised they would be %=we`&
for such a long time already U6ZR->:
fate has been playing with them. '+>fFM,*B
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Not quite yet ready RgdysyB
to change into destiny,
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which brings them nearer and yet further, d,vNem-Z*L
barriering their path kv,%(en]
and suppressing a laugh, @oF$LMD
leaped aside. 9fnA
There were signs, indications, =h6
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but maybe just undecipherable. /M~!sPW&?
Three years ago, perhaps 9Ya<My
or even last Tuesday, yH 9!GS#
this leaf flying Ma *y=d;,1
from one shoulder to another? #PDf,^
Something was dropped and then picked up. 1% F?B-k
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished EFuvp8^y
into childhood bushes? Qp"y?S
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There were handles, door bells, @ l1
where, on the trace of a hand, M2x["
another hand was placed; aV o;~h~
suitcases next to one another in the <e]Oa$
left luggage. do-ahl,
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, :WI.LKlo~
suddenly erased after waking. +;g{$da5
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