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More from Wislawa Szymborska

  1. Gone, lost, scattered to the four winds. It still surprises me how little now remains, one first person sing., temporarily declined in human form, just now mak…

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  2. I know I won't be justified as long as I live, since I myself stand in my own way. Don't bear me ill will, speech, that I borrow weighty words, then labor heav…

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  3. My siblings died the day I left for dry land and only one small bone recalls that anniversary in me.

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