Love at First Sight _\zfXHp
by Wislawa Szymborska lRq!|.C
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that a sudden feeling had united them oc3/
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This certainty is beautiful, Hqk2W*UTl
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. Q*5d~Yr ]R
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They thought they didn't know each other, VrG |/2
nothing had ever happened between them. '_%Jw:4k
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, fr7/%{s
they could have passed each other long ago 6Xa2A6
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I would like to ask them, -$rfu
if they can remember - (`N/1}vk
perhaps in a revolving door Ra5cfkH;
face to face one day? 6r`g+Js/
A "sorry" in the crowd? +y2*[
"Wrong number" on the phone? 4C$,X!kzF
- but I know the answer. i8]r}a
No, they don't remember. S;C3R5*:
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How surprised they would be !
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for such a long time already FWj~bn
fate has been playing with them. Hcpw[%(
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Not quite yet ready d0,I] "
to change into destiny, )]}*oO
which brings them nearer and yet further, XpGom;z^c
barriering their path #KwFrlZ
and suppressing a laugh, `u-}E9{
leaped aside. mMR[(
There were signs, indications, ifkA3]
but maybe just undecipherable. wsARH>Vz
Three years ago, perhaps Oj2[(7mO/
or even last Tuesday,
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this leaf flying !(]|!F[m
from one shoulder to another? 9/{g%40B^
Something was dropped and then picked up. B3D4fYQ
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished P_;oSN|>
into childhood bushes? r&qD