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1 " I prefer the absurdity of writing poemsto the absurdity of not writing poems. "
― Wisława Szymborska , Nothing Twice: Selected Poems / Nic dwa razy: Wybór wierszy
2 " Czemu ty się, zła godzino,z niepotrzebnym mieszasz lękiem?Jesteś - a więc musisz minąć.Miniesz - a więc to jest piękne "
3 " The Real World'The real word doesn't take flightthe way dreams do.No muffled voice, no doorbellcan dispel it,no shriek, no crashcan cut it short.Images in dreamsare hazy and ambiguous,and can generally be explainedin many different ways.Reality means reality:that's tougher nut to crack.Dreams have keys.The real world opens on its ownand can't be shut.Report canrds and starspour from it,butterflies and flatiron warmersshower down,headless capsand shards of clouds.Together they form a rebusthat can't be solved.Without us dreams couldn't exist.The one on whom the real world dependsis still unknown,and the products of his insomniaare avaialble to anyonewho wakes up.Dreams aren't crazy-it's the real world that's insane,if only in the stubbornnesswith which it sticksto the current of events.In dreams our recently deceasedare still alive,in perfect health, no less,and restored to the full bloom of youth.The real world lays the corpsein front of us.The real world doesn't blink an eye.Dreams are featherweights,and memory can shake them off with ease.The real world doesn't have to fear forgetfulness.It's a tough customer.It sits on our shoulders,weights on our hearts,tumbles to our feet.There's no escaping it,it tags along each time we flee.And there's no stopalong our escape routewhere reality isn't expecting us. "