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that a sudden feeling had united them Ws(>}
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This certainty is beautiful, Sl#XJ0 g
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. <rI~+J]s
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They thought they didn't know each other, ;.Y`T/eWS
nothing had ever happened between them. Qn7 e6u@V
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, h2]Od(^[
they could have passed each other long ago ohl%<FqS
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I would like to ask them, ORTM[cL
if they can remember - EUgs2Fsb3
perhaps in a revolving door VTdZ&%@
face to face one day? 60Z)AQs;+J
A "sorry" in the crowd? :H{8j}"
"Wrong number" on the phone? mB\|<2
- but I know the answer. U?>cm`DBP
No, they don't remember. qeYr= %)c
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How surprised they would be ZmDr$iU~
for such a long time already 6SwHl_2%
fate has been playing with them. zob-z=='
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Not quite yet ready FoLwS%+yO
to change into destiny, +?p ;,Z%5
which brings them nearer and yet further, ZO~N|s6B^
barriering their path {*m?t 7
and suppressing a laugh, K+Qg=vGY
leaped aside. d?>sy\{2
There were signs, indications, 4 ET
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but maybe just undecipherable. lF<(yF5
Three years ago, perhaps i || /=ai
or even last Tuesday, &uM?DQ`o8
this leaf flying dxA=gL2
from one shoulder to another? wU3Q
Something was dropped and then picked up. Q.
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Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished J=sQ].EK
into childhood bushes? ~kL":C>2
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There were handles, door bells, TBpW/wz/
where, on the trace of a hand, S}+n\pyQ
another hand was placed; -4;u|0_
suitcases next to one another in the ~(c<ioIf
left luggage. "o1/gV
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, Msf yIB
suddenly erased after waking. zy.Ok 49
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Every beginning X qh+
is only a sequel, after all, _LK(j;6K}
and the book of fate C5m*pGImG
is always just half open. I;7VX5X
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他们都以为 opBvx>S
是那瞬间的感觉 Gr_I/+<
将他们结合在一起 qdOS=7]W
这种确定的感觉很美 W[YtNL;
但那种不确定的感觉 y ^YrGz.
却更加妙不可言 S7V;sR"V2
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 %n(
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也许从来没有发生过任何联系 jE{z4en
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 _L"rygit
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 ve$P=ZuM
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我想问问他们 u5lj+?
是否记得在某个回转门 9i"3R0HN
那个面对面的瞬间? >0> M@s
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? -n6C~Yx
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? rh+OgKi
但我已经知道答案了 EV9m\'=j
不,他们并不记得 h"[
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他们一定会十分惊讶 YpiSH(70`
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 %K zURv
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但这运气 Si;e_a
却还没有成为命运 $T1c{T6n}
它曾让他们如此接近 #pf}q+A
却又让他们擦肩而过 hM;E UWv
阻断他们之间的联系 UZ
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又忍着邪恶的笑意 NoMEe<
跳着跑开了 fUa`YryQ
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 8gZ5D
但这暗示也许过于深奥 zFOX%q
可能在三年前 ?&?y-&.5-
或者就在上个星期二 ]^s4NXf+
不是就有一片落叶 y&iLhd!p
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? X'0A"9
一个人的东西曾经掉落 >~6
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又被另一个人拣起来 *?c~7ru
谁知道呢 zj8;ENhEI
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 YyI|^f8C
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某个门把手上 KxY|:-"Tt
或者某个门铃上 `P'{HT
两个人的手 ?9AByg
也许曾经放在同一个位置 Y#uf 2>J
两个人的包 *rA!`e*
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 sO6+L
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 }=wSfr9g
只是第二天早上起来 #u#s'W
却忘掉了 Nz2}Ma 2
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每一次开始 %!WQ;(
也许 @~zhAU!
都只是一种继续 *@n%K,$v
而两个人之间的故事 K~[/n<ks
却永远只写了一半 Qg3
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