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by Wislawa Szymborska QXz!1o+"
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They both thought ;H=6u
that a sudden feeling had united them <(MFEIt
This certainty is beautiful, e>^R 8qM?
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. hJ<2bgQo
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They thought they didn't know each other, C;5}/J^E
nothing had ever happened between them. ah92<'ix
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, M($},xAvDU
they could have passed each other long ago f+6l0@K2
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I would like to ask them, NIfc/%
if they can remember - =gIYa
perhaps in a revolving door .+|DN"PgJ
face to face one day? jveRiW@
A "sorry" in the crowd? agYKaM1N
"Wrong number" on the phone? yjq
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- but I know the answer. Lk9>7xY
No, they don't remember. ="DgrH
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How surprised they would be + LwoBn>6
for such a long time already Cf7\>U->
fate has been playing with them. =;H'~
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to change into destiny, =oME~oB~
which brings them nearer and yet further, &EPEpN
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barriering their path $D5U#
and suppressing a laugh, u-_$?'l;~
leaped aside. J[H?nX9
There were signs, indications, -z$0S%2?
but maybe just undecipherable. kA4ei
Three years ago, perhaps hYn'uL^~[
or even last Tuesday, %7#Zb '
this leaf flying /aG>we
from one shoulder to another? wIF
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Something was dropped and then picked up. LrMFzd}_O
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished (;&?B.<\:
into childhood bushes? s
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There were handles, door bells, #sU~fq
where, on the trace of a hand, Wp}9%Mq~Jy
another hand was placed; xbC8Amo;8"
suitcases next to one another in the K eI:/2
left luggage. N[bN"'U/1
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, IWqxT?*
suddenly erased after waking. (QSWb>np
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Every beginning 1fW4=pF-K
is only a sequel, after all, 8(5E<&JP
and the book of fate W \}}gIEM+
is always just half open. #0g#W
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他们都以为 o
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是那瞬间的感觉 xdfvme[
将他们结合在一起 ] ZGvRA&
这种确定的感觉很美 CY3 \:D0I
但那种不确定的感觉 {O kik}Oh
却更加妙不可言 HwW[M[qA
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 # )mkD4
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 N~}v:rK>g
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 l8xd73D)8
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 z]l-?>Zbg
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我想问问他们 B:- KZuO
是否记得在某个回转门 CDW(qq-zD
那个面对面的瞬间? #4_O;]{'
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? &lh_-@Xz
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? OpbT63@L
但我已经知道答案了 GQ-e$D@SfB
不,他们并不记得 0Dm`Ek3A7x
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他们一定会十分惊讶 h w ;d m
原来 /cL9?k;o
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 ?%dCU~ z
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但这运气 ^mgI%_?1
却还没有成为命运 UQ$\
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它曾让他们如此接近 1Fvv/Tj
却又让他们擦肩而过 bm tJU3Rm
阻断他们之间的联系 >OKS/(I0
又忍着邪恶的笑意 7o965h
跳着跑开了 Jl}!CE@-
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 t)oES>W1
但这暗示也许过于深奥 \9>g;qPg}
可能在三年前 XU;{28P
或者就在上个星期二 5gc:Y`7t
不是就有一片落叶 dWW-tHv#
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? dS3>q<J*a
一个人的东西曾经掉落 SA`J.4yn
又被另一个人拣起来 |%:qhs,
谁知道呢 f
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也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 SrQ4y`?
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某个门把手上 L_
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或者某个门铃上 Lt;.Nw
两个人的手 4[5lX C
也许曾经放在同一个位置 xS
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两个人的包 $vg moJ@X0
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 f*|8n$%
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 K)9j
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只是第二天早上起来 RR~sEUCo{
却忘掉了 'FPcAW^8
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也许 uS:
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都只是一种继续 E,*JPK-A x
而两个人之间的故事 DJ1XNpm
却永远只写了一半 'uP'P#
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