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by Wislawa Szymborska
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that a sudden feeling had united them qwNKRqT
This certainty is beautiful, G9y12HV
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. dMs39j
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They thought they didn't know each other, (06Vcqg
nothing had ever happened between them. ;ko[(eFN@
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, MLD>"W
they could have passed each other long ago "kBqY+:Cn
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I would like to ask them, r{B,uj"
if they can remember - 0.BUfuuh
perhaps in a revolving door &kjwIg{
face to face one day? fzFvfMAU
A "sorry" in the crowd? R4~zL!7;
"Wrong number" on the phone? Wt)SdF=U/
- but I know the answer. ZH$sMh<xg
No, they don't remember. ZOrTbik
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How surprised they would be 3+8"
for such a long time already ,+f0cv4
fate has been playing with them. m~j\?mb{+
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Not quite yet ready 01{r^ZT`RH
to change into destiny, ?y*+^E0
which brings them nearer and yet further, 6`4W,
barriering their path Y zBA{FE
and suppressing a laugh, /@:up+$
leaped aside. nc\C4g
There were signs, indications, ? __aVQ7
but maybe just undecipherable. d7_ g
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Three years ago, perhaps 0n<(*bfW
or even last Tuesday, w^dueP7J
this leaf flying *e-ptgO
from one shoulder to another? ,y8I)+
Something was dropped and then picked up. <jRFN&"h}
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished 6mF{ImbRbS
into childhood bushes? {r].SrW9s9
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