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by Wislawa Szymborska 'jO2pH/%
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They both thought G+#bO5
that a sudden feeling had united them tD`^qMua
This certainty is beautiful, }Bv1fbD4U
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. xD*Zcw(vj~
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They thought they didn't know each other, |8E~C~d
nothing had ever happened between them. r.)n>
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, yLf9cS6=
they could have passed each other long ago
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I would like to ask them, l!}gWd,H
if they can remember - AyQ5jkIE^{
perhaps in a revolving door vRtERFL
face to face one day? yW?-Z[
A "sorry" in the crowd? M gP|'H3\
"Wrong number" on the phone? P,ZQ*Ju
- but I know the answer. oaha5aWH
No, they don't remember. > 3&
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How surprised they would be SN)Czi#7
for such a long time already GTOA>RB2
fate has been playing with them. mNC?kp
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Not quite yet ready gK~Z Ch
to change into destiny, kYCm5g3u
which brings them nearer and yet further, V=fu[#<@Ig
barriering their path %@%rdrZ
and suppressing a laugh, Q.9,W=<6
leaped aside. L+ew/I>:
There were signs, indications, q5Zu'-Cx@
but maybe just undecipherable. 6Z1O:Bou
Three years ago, perhaps `yq)
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or even last Tuesday, pS-o*!\C.
this leaf flying &LI q?
from one shoulder to another? n<|8Onw
Something was dropped and then picked up. )0I-N)
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished +|;Ri68
into childhood bushes? G8]{pbX
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There were handles, door bells, sRLjKi2D
where, on the trace of a hand, Q~"Lyy8
another hand was placed; /Q W^v;^
suitcases next to one another in the SeZ+&d
left luggage. Ho}*Bn~ic
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, /T
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suddenly erased after waking. }^H(EHE
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Every beginning d$o m\@
is only a sequel, after all, !!A(A^s
and the book of fate iLQO
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is always just half open. dH0>lV
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他们都以为 Z}zka<y6K6
是那瞬间的感觉 D]d! lMK/
将他们结合在一起 B^M
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这种确定的感觉很美 R4)l4rnO
但那种不确定的感觉 6`7`herE}
却更加妙不可言 vR#MUKfh
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 K~]Xx~F
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 9*JxP%8T~X
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 fFC9:9<
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 aiX4;'$x!
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我想问问他们 LDw.2E
是否记得在某个回转门 zZ9Ei-Q
那个面对面的瞬间? 2N-p97"g
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? 4]zn,g?&
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? 902A,*qq
但我已经知道答案了 EhD%
不,他们并不记得 h`Ej>O7m
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他们一定会十分惊讶 s(5(zcBK
原来 ?N+pWdi
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 _ZWU~38PM
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但这运气 IY~I=}
却还没有成为命运 }|-8-;
它曾让他们如此接近 B~Z61
却又让他们擦肩而过 3>5gh8!-
阻断他们之间的联系 J#w=Z>oz <
又忍着邪恶的笑意 WSF$xC/~
跳着跑开了 = ?/6hB=7<
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 u ?F},VL;
但这暗示也许过于深奥 oQVm)Bn'R
可能在三年前 oN83`Z
或者就在上个星期二 a{;+_J3S
不是就有一片落叶 !}`[s2ji
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? V LeYO5'L
一个人的东西曾经掉落 }!*|VdL0
又被另一个人拣起来 nRHlHu
谁知道呢 )g&nI<Mh
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 lZ"C~B}9:I
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某个门把手上 $^e_4]k
或者某个门铃上 p&xj7qwp@F
两个人的手 SRHD"r^@
也许曾经放在同一个位置 /a$Zzs&xs
两个人的包 1)xj 'n
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 /ml+b8@
甚至 K)Ya%%6[U#
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 55y}t%5
只是第二天早上起来 $Zi{1w
却忘掉了 >Ir?)h
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每一次开始 Vw.4;Zy(
也许 FAGi`X<L
都只是一种继续 &"1 _n]JO
而两个人之间的故事 ls "Z4v(L6
却永远只写了一半 iF:NDqc
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