Broken Appointment (Encontro Falido)

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...unto the store
Of human deeds divine in all but name,
Was it not worth a little hour or more
To add yet this:
Once you, a woman, came
To soothe a time-torn man; even though it be
You love not me?
Thomas Hardy

Sim, vamos juntos até a loja, Thomas. Afinal, quem ama sempre aparece, nem que seja para dizer adeus.
Luis Borges