Love at First Sight :V-}Sde
by Wislawa Szymborska iQ}sp64
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They both thought `E0.P V
that a sudden feeling had united them AGJ=de.
This certainty is beautiful, 8.%a"sxr
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. cA*X$j6
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They thought they didn't know each other, >A(?P n{|a
nothing had ever happened between them. qT>&
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These streets, these stairs, this corridors, DdS3<3]A
they could have passed each other long ago !e\R;bYM
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I would like to ask them, `~+a=Q
if they can remember - O7'^*"S
perhaps in a revolving door BM$tywC
face to face one day? |XdrO
A "sorry" in the crowd? #z^1)7
"Wrong number" on the phone? xE-`Bb
- but I know the answer. 6k=Wt7C
No, they don't remember. rIWN!@.J
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How surprised they would be yJ`1},^
for such a long time already j!_^5d#d
fate has been playing with them. *(q8?x0>
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Not quite yet ready TYS\:ZdXF
to change into destiny, HYYx*CJ)
which brings them nearer and yet further, [#rdfN'?U
barriering their path eKFc
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and suppressing a laugh, (xSi6EZ6;
leaped aside. 8qYGlew,
There were signs, indications, %b%<g%@i
but maybe just undecipherable. i~s9Ot
Three years ago, perhaps Hkz~9p
or even last Tuesday, +xdFkc
this leaf flying ,,#rv-*
from one shoulder to another? `::'UfHc
Something was dropped and then picked up. YM.IRj2/1
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished /R$x-7t)^(
into childhood bushes? sS2E8Z2
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There were handles, door bells, +-YuBVHL
where, on the trace of a hand, [tK:y[nk
another hand was placed; )7%]<2V%
suitcases next to one another in the u{nWjqrM*5
left luggage. n6UU6t{
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, Q;,3W+(
suddenly erased after waking. 70*iJ^|
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Every beginning nV xMo_
is only a sequel, after all, ^8*SCM_A
and the book of fate s!fY^3
is always just half open. -j=&