Chance Encounter
HALLEY’S COMET appeared in 1910
(And I was born in the following year):
Its period being seventy-six years and seven days, It is due to reappear in 1986
So I read, and my heart sunk.
It is unlikely that I shall ever see that star And probably that is the case with human encounters. An understanding mind one meets as seldom, And an undistracted love one wins as rarely. I know that my true friend will appear after my death, And my sweetheart died before I was born.
-Katsumi Tanaka
