Wisława Szymborska, "Labyrinth" (excerpt)

 is a shard in. It contains a fragment of a poem by a real-world Polish author Wisława Szymborska.

Transcript
So this way or that, Or no, the other, By ear or by your gut, By your wits or by shortcut, By any means necessary, Cutting crooked corners. Past whatever row in a row Of corridors and gates, Quickly, in the meantime Your time grows short, From one place to another To one of many still open, Of darkness and plight But also delight, held just ajar, Where there's joy, though sorrow Lies well-nigh nearby, And elsewhere, somewhere, Wheresoever and whereabout, Fortune in misfortune Like a parenthetical parenthesis Acceptance of it all And suddenly - a fall

Excerpt from Wisława Szymborska's "Labyrinth"