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by Wislawa Szymborska 5FKd{V'
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that a sudden feeling had united them agD.J)v\
This certainty is beautiful, MCG~{#`
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. rL"k-5>fd
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They thought they didn't know each other, >iJuR.:OO
nothing had ever happened between them. =6YO!B>7
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, 3mz>Y*^?0
they could have passed each other long ago shZ<j7gqI
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I would like to ask them, MoHvXp;X
if they can remember - ') y~d
perhaps in a revolving door |%;txD
face to face one day? X;>} ;LiK
A "sorry" in the crowd? X6 cb#s0|
"Wrong number" on the phone? b<7qmg3
- but I know the answer. qEz'l'%(
No, they don't remember. 0+i,,^x.
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How surprised they would be +[9"M+4-
for such a long time already XLxr~Yo
fate has been playing with them. S,%HW87
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Not quite yet ready }dl(9H=4
to change into destiny, rM |RGe
which brings them nearer and yet further, ^u,x~nPXg
barriering their path '|T=
and suppressing a laugh, OG`Oi^2
leaped aside. 0VPa;{i/
There were signs, indications, zy;w07-)
but maybe just undecipherable. u;}B4Rx
Three years ago, perhaps 'Y Zs6rcJ
or even last Tuesday, [G/X
this leaf flying 3Gv
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from one shoulder to another? ;d40:q<
Something was dropped and then picked up. ro@BmRMW
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished {NDP}UATw
into childhood bushes? Z.JTq~`I
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There were handles, door bells, Pc1N~?}.
where, on the trace of a hand, :[3\jLrc
another hand was placed; V|7CYkB8
suitcases next to one another in the 4/|=0TC;
left luggage. hBu=40K
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, t57b)5{FM
suddenly erased after waking. lh5d6VUA
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is only a sequel, after all, 4[q *7m
and the book of fate JK`P
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is always just half open. 6B{Awm@v}X
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是那瞬间的感觉 h@d
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将他们结合在一起 =
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这种确定的感觉很美 }1dh/Cc`
但那种不确定的感觉 Tp13V.|
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 {9MYEN}FO
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 1-#tx*>AY
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 Le!I-i(aD
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 < r~Tj
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我想问问他们 ,z3b2$
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是否记得在某个回转门 2Mda'T8
那个面对面的瞬间? $Vzfhj-if
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? |z%,W/Ef
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? _JH6bvbQ
但我已经知道答案了 cw\a,>]H
不,他们并不记得 W%ud nJ
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他们一定会十分惊讶 9@06]EI_
原来 ,R+u%bmn#
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 ($kwlj~c
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但这运气 Y$^\D'.k
却还没有成为命运
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它曾让他们如此接近 <4g^c&
却又让他们擦肩而过 S SXSgp
阻断他们之间的联系 E_oe1C:
又忍着邪恶的笑意 U?QO'H5
跳着跑开了 _c2#
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 o[6hUX0tN
但这暗示也许过于深奥 l;uEw
可能在三年前 V_* ^2c)
或者就在上个星期二 =j0V/=
不是就有一片落叶 [>;O'>
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? A?/?9Gr
一个人的东西曾经掉落 \<} nn?~n
又被另一个人拣起来 L;"<8\vWB
谁知道呢 jo^*R'}
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 ?6dtvz;K+?
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某个门把手上
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或者某个门铃上 XHr{\/4V
两个人的手 :$j~;)2
也许曾经放在同一个位置 O 2U/zF:X
两个人的包 HD ~9EK~
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 pK4)>q
甚至 ]^y}}y
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 &BgaFx**
只是第二天早上起来 vF,l?cU~
却忘掉了 aI{[W;43T
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每一次开始 RjDFc:bB
也许 o;.-I[9h]
都只是一种继续 }/VHeHd
而两个人之间的故事 v09f#t$;5
却永远只写了一半 KJd;c.
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