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Wisława Szymborska - I shake my memory. Maybe...

I shake my memory.
Maybe something in its branches
that has been asleep for years
will start up with a flutter.No.
Clearly I'm asking too much.
Nothing less than one whole second. (Wisława Szymborska)

I shake my memory. Maybe something in its branches that has been asleep for years will start up with a flutter.No. Clearly I'm asking too much. Nothing less than one whole second.

Wisława Szymborska

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