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that a sudden feeling had united them {f12&t
This certainty is beautiful, M<
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but uncertainty is more beautiful still. Tx|}ke~
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They thought they didn't know each other, @}r2xY1
nothing had ever happened between them. 8e:\T.)M
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, _Dv<
they could have passed each other long ago dm+}nQI\
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I would like to ask them, J: T
if they can remember - |
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perhaps in a revolving door *}n)KK7aT
face to face one day? @S>$y5if
A "sorry" in the crowd? )dMXn2O
"Wrong number" on the phone? wBb J
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- but I know the answer. rF*L@HI
No, they don't remember. D|lm,
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How surprised they would be )=:gO`"D
for such a long time already 8!!iwmH{
fate has been playing with them. M.(shIu!+
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Not quite yet ready j&qJK,~
to change into destiny, `Qg#`
which brings them nearer and yet further, r{Stsha(
barriering their path *GMs>"C
and suppressing a laugh, V.f'Cw
leaped aside. i]L4kh5
There were signs, indications, G9_M~N%a
but maybe just undecipherable. &E{i#r)'T
Three years ago, perhaps >.fN@8[
or even last Tuesday, sA}X ha
this leaf flying [:MpOl-KIz
from one shoulder to another? |9D;2N(&!
Something was dropped and then picked up. <jnra4>
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished rK@ UCRf
into childhood bushes? <"8<<
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There were handles, door bells, , id`=L=
where, on the trace of a hand, \!_:<"nX.
another hand was placed; Hh<3k- *d
suitcases next to one another in the jcuC2t
left luggage. a BHV
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, L+b"d3!G&%
suddenly erased after waking. &M6cCT]&M
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Every beginning 2|8&=K /
is only a sequel, after all, U_/<tWl\[3
and the book of fate _1?
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is always just half open. @NY$.K#]
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是那瞬间的感觉 >UQ`@GdafR
将他们结合在一起 KioD/
这种确定的感觉很美 ZYBK'&J4m
但那种不确定的感觉 7T)J{:+0!|
却更加妙不可言 N;.cZp2
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 )%}?p2.
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 Q%AD6G(7
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 lYz$~/sd
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 aJ"Tt>Y[.~
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我想问问他们 `T;M=S^y*E
是否记得在某个回转门 ?D^l&`S
那个面对面的瞬间? }g? 9/)z
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? w Jb\Q
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? 05+uBwH
但我已经知道答案了 0k];%HV|
不,他们并不记得 W9$mgs=S`E
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他们一定会十分惊讶
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 ,B,2t u2
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但这运气 @Lj28&4:<
却还没有成为命运 (S@H'G"
它曾让他们如此接近 r}gp{Pf7e
却又让他们擦肩而过 +bj[.
阻断他们之间的联系 `_+j+
又忍着邪恶的笑意 lIN`1vX(
跳着跑开了 zqq$PaH*
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 [}/\W`C
但这暗示也许过于深奥 -6+&?f
可能在三年前 nsq7,%5
或者就在上个星期二 y?|JBf
不是就有一片落叶 ={a8=E!;
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? 8-HMKD#V
一个人的东西曾经掉落 k($N_XlE
又被另一个人拣起来 TT(dCHft
谁知道呢 "~f=7
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 'WUevPmt
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某个门把手上 e3L<;MAt
或者某个门铃上 _~M*XJ] `
两个人的手 olC@nQ1c*
也许曾经放在同一个位置 >D';i\2j&
两个人的包 jocu=Se@
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 4Qr16,Us
甚至 GlDl0P,*r
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 vM}oxhQ$n
只是第二天早上起来 C#5z!z/:%
却忘掉了 6m$,t-f0b
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每一次开始 !V=s^8nj
也许 07T"alXf:A
都只是一种继续 &oWdBna"_
而两个人之间的故事 &&}'
却永远只写了一半 ACg5"
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