from ‘Reality Demands’
‘This terrifying world is not devoid of charms,
of the mornings
that make waking up worthwhile.
The grass is green
on Maciejowice’s fields,
and studded with dew,
as is usually the case with grass.
Perhaps all fields are battlefields,
all grounds are battlegrounds,
those we remember
and those that are forgotten’ ….
- Wislawa Szymborska
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