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by Wislawa Szymborska -^y$RJC
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They both thought R'#[}s
that a sudden feeling had united them ;8Z\bHQ>
This certainty is beautiful, zi^T?<t
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. M_o<6C
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They thought they didn't know each other, 9~6FWBt
nothing had ever happened between them. ^Fy{Q*p`(
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, L*A9a
they could have passed each other long ago 1^bI9 /
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I would like to ask them, $)L=MEdx
if they can remember - g;bfi{8s_
perhaps in a revolving door tMWDKatb
face to face one day? \6UK:'5{
A "sorry" in the crowd? l8"
"Wrong number" on the phone? R7/"ye:7J
- but I know the answer. f0 ;Fokt(
No, they don't remember. yQ33JQr
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How surprised they would be 3NEbCILF
for such a long time already MEOVw[hO
fate has been playing with them. [")3c)OH|
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Not quite yet ready 6cCC+*V{
to change into destiny, YTiXUOj
which brings them nearer and yet further, _uvRC+~R
barriering their path [LwmzmV+F
and suppressing a laugh, DE GEr-
leaped aside. ,S|v>i,@
There were signs, indications, |Rh%wJ
but maybe just undecipherable. ] ~;x$Z)
Three years ago, perhaps `@8QQB
or even last Tuesday, e 1W9Z $m
this leaf flying 93zoJiLRf
from one shoulder to another? &N{XLg>
Something was dropped and then picked up. /V66P@[>
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished /65ddt
into childhood bushes? !n<vN@V*3d
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There were handles, door bells, +w~<2Kt8
where, on the trace of a hand, pw^$WK
another hand was placed; .xRJ )9q
suitcases next to one another in the ;\N{z6
left luggage. G(LGa2;Zg
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night,
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suddenly erased after waking. }i32
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Every beginning JLS|G?#0
is only a sequel, after all, gr\UI!]F
and the book of fate 3BBw:)V
is always just half open. ar-N4+!@
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