Love at First Sight I}:L]H{E
by Wislawa Szymborska
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that a sudden feeling had united them \|{*arS
This certainty is beautiful, Z% Z"VoxH
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. Rkv
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They thought they didn't know each other, 4 ?2g&B\
nothing had ever happened between them. FrR9{YTA.
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, RdkU2Y}V
they could have passed each other long ago O|(o8VS
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I would like to ask them, GEi
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if they can remember - }B*,mn2N
perhaps in a revolving door ftW{C1,U7
face to face one day? zPE#[\O21B
A "sorry" in the crowd? ;siJ~|6)
"Wrong number" on the phone? ^^Bm$9
- but I know the answer. F(G<*lA
No, they don't remember. $nc, ?)i!
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How surprised they would be 0Ts!(b]B
for such a long time already T"A^[r*
fate has been playing with them. wjg}[R@!
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Not quite yet ready Ku&*`dME
to change into destiny, J{^n=X9M0J
which brings them nearer and yet further, rN'.&;Y5
barriering their path S^)WYF5
and suppressing a laugh, )j(fWshP
leaped aside. j`+0.Zlq
There were signs, indications, SDJ;*s-
but maybe just undecipherable. $ #t|(\
Three years ago, perhaps
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or even last Tuesday, sOjF?bCdO
this leaf flying 1wU=WE(kKZ
from one shoulder to another? 3[iSF5%V*p
Something was dropped and then picked up. 1riBvBT
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished HUD7{6}4
into childhood bushes? a$laRtId7
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There were handles, door bells, QId"Cl)3
where, on the trace of a hand, d~vTD|Et
another hand was placed; }ty"fI3&iY
suitcases next to one another in the A-X
left luggage. zZ<ns+h
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, \}U[}5Pk&
suddenly erased after waking. ;`;G/1]#9
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