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Stanislaw Barańczak, “If porcelain, then only the kind”

“If porcelain, then only the kind”

Stanisław Barańczak Translated from the Polish by Frank Kujawinski

If porcelain, then only the kind you won’t miss under the shoe of a mover or the tread of a tank; if a chair, then not too comfortable, lest there be regret in getting up and leaving; if clothing, then just so much as can fit in a suitcase, if books, then those which can be carried in the memory, if plans, then those which can be overlooked when the time comes for the next move to another street, continent, historical period or world: who told you that you were permitted to settle in? who told you that this or that would last forever? did no one ever tell you that you will never in the world feel at home in the world?

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This gave the much needed perspective i lacked in life.

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