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that a sudden feeling had united them _=ziw|zI
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but uncertainty is more beautiful still. ,HHCgN
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They thought they didn't know each other, ZgH(,g,TU
nothing had ever happened between them. y~-dQ7r
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, r.#"he_6!.
they could have passed each other long ago SQ0t28N3h
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I would like to ask them, GAY
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if they can remember - 8-uRn38
perhaps in a revolving door R(dOQ. ;
face to face one day? 9aKt (g6
A "sorry" in the crowd? #!RO,{FT
"Wrong number" on the phone? p"k[ac{
- but I know the answer. ie9,ye"
No, they don't remember. m%[`NP (
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How surprised they would be w</qUOx
for such a long time already nQ}$jOU&
fate has been playing with them. ux=0N]lc
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Not quite yet ready s?pd&_kOv3
to change into destiny, \\{+t<?J
which brings them nearer and yet further, j$mCU?
barriering their path d&apu{
and suppressing a laugh,
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leaped aside. g+ P
There were signs, indications, &>$+O>c ,
but maybe just undecipherable. bz4TbGg]
Three years ago, perhaps # @~HpqqR
or even last Tuesday, /lqVMlz\77
this leaf flying 1p }:K`#{
from one shoulder to another? uFl19
Something was dropped and then picked up. N,F$^ q6
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished nlsif
into childhood bushes? 7w?V0pLwn8
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There were handles, door bells, ?Ja&LNI9S
where, on the trace of a hand, Ptj[9R
another hand was placed; 'j27.Ry.
suitcases next to one another in the L^><APlX
left luggage. k/]4L!/ T
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, KYN{Dh]-}
suddenly erased after waking. v"3($?au0
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Every beginning rD":Gac
is only a sequel, after all, %S9YjMR@
and the book of fate j$ h>CZZ
is always just half open. 4_&+]S
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他们都以为 TcEvUZJ"
是那瞬间的感觉 7>,(QHl
将他们结合在一起 PT/TQW
这种确定的感觉很美 ExKjH*gn
但那种不确定的感觉 (Xv'Te?
却更加妙不可言 sjIUW$
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 05PRlz*x=
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 ^T&@(|o
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 RJhafUJ zH
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 ]q pLaBD
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我想问问他们 l>){cI/D#
是否记得在某个回转门 ewrs
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那个面对面的瞬间? 1r?hRJ:'
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? $L kTu
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? d":GsI?3
但我已经知道答案了 bpgvLZb>s
不,他们并不记得 aP&bW))CI
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他们一定会十分惊讶 u/_TR;u=q
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 /?*GJN#
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但这运气 iKM!>Fi
却还没有成为命运 {'@`:p&3r
它曾让他们如此接近 rHaj~s 4
却又让他们擦肩而过 B9(@.
阻断他们之间的联系 :tf'Gw6v
又忍着邪恶的笑意 zN3b`K. i
跳着跑开了 !YVGT
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 %iR"eEE
但这暗示也许过于深奥 gzd<D}2F~
可能在三年前 XT%\Ce!
或者就在上个星期二 67b
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不是就有一片落叶 Q&]f9j_
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? cMK}BHOC
一个人的东西曾经掉落 4H4ui&|7u6
又被另一个人拣起来 5_7y 1
谁知道呢 q,m+W='
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 xQ,My
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某个门把手上 8vqx}2
或者某个门铃上 8}K^o>J&K
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也许曾经放在同一个位置 (Cb;=:3G
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也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 A9_}RJ9
甚至 10d.&vNw
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 e|}B;<
只是第二天早上起来
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却忘掉了 .+(R,SvN%<
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都只是一种继续 4$+1&+@ ]
而两个人之间的故事 \IaUsx"#o{
却永远只写了一半 19b@QgfWpb
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