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by Wislawa Szymborska K'K/}q<
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that a sudden feeling had united them >@Na6BH5v
This certainty is beautiful, x_(K%0+Ca
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. M pz9}[`3g
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They thought they didn't know each other, XWB#7;,R
nothing had ever happened between them. zRR^v&.9K
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, 8SupoS
they could have passed each other long ago J!QIMA4{
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I would like to ask them, +Q :)zE
if they can remember - #zb6 7mg~
perhaps in a revolving door l5enlYH
face to face one day? <yw=+hz[u
A "sorry" in the crowd? #1'p?%K.
"Wrong number" on the phone? +N|t:8qaf
- but I know the answer. &~=d;llkT
No, they don't remember. W7\UZPs5t
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How surprised they would be ~KxK+6[ :
for such a long time already @~i :8
fate has been playing with them. WjvgDNk
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Not quite yet ready Rf{YASPIw&
to change into destiny, "(p&Oz
which brings them nearer and yet further, &i*e&{L7
barriering their path 6ziBGU#.-
and suppressing a laugh, 2FN# 63
leaped aside. - G=doP0
There were signs, indications, mU>lm7'
but maybe just undecipherable. D@
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Three years ago, perhaps [q|8.>sB
or even last Tuesday, Z3 dI
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from one shoulder to another? Se!B,'C%
Something was dropped and then picked up. A%EGu4
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished %^iBTfq2hc
into childhood bushes? 1f$1~5Z
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There were handles, door bells, ?+byRoY>&g
where, on the trace of a hand, 3AcDW6x|
another hand was placed; 6 _#C vQ
suitcases next to one another in the lQVK~8t3
left luggage. I%mGb$Q
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, Ge*N%=MX8
suddenly erased after waking. <t,lq
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