Both are convinced
that a sudden of emotion bound them together
Beautiful is such a certainty
but uncertainty is more beartiful
Because they didn't know each other earlier
they suppose that nothing was happening between them
what of the streets,stairways and corridors
Where they could have passed each other long ago
I'd like to ask them
Whether they remember--perhaps in a revoling door ever being face to face
an"excuse me"in a crowd
an a voice"werong number"in the receiver
But I konw their answer;
no,they don;t remember
They'd be greatly astmished
to learn that for a log time chance had been playing with them
Not yet wholly ready
to transform into fate for them
is approached them, than back off
stand in their way
and suppressing a giggle
jumped to the side
There were signs signals:
but what of it is they were illegible
Perhaps three years ago
or last Tuesday
did a certain leaflet fly from shoulder to shoulder
There was something lost and picked up
Who konws but what is was a ball in the bushes of childhood
There were doorknobs and bells on which earlier
tough ppiled on tough
Bags beside each other in the luggate room
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night
suddenly drased after waking
Every begining is but a continuation
and the book of events is never more than half open


