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by Wislawa Szymborska 061@N=p8
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They both thought C/dqCUX:
that a sudden feeling had united them lPm'>,}Y
This certainty is beautiful, =g'7 xA
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. Mj5=t:MI
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They thought they didn't know each other, m;o \.s
nothing had ever happened between them. *=}$@OS
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, Gad!}dz
they could have passed each other long ago ^!H8"CdC3
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I would like to ask them, '/
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if they can remember - Uxx=$
perhaps in a revolving door OI B~W
face to face one day? u{=(]n
A "sorry" in the crowd? 'LIJpk3J
"Wrong number" on the phone? Q%~b(4E^7P
- but I know the answer. {>>ozB.
No, they don't remember. m<005_Z0Q
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How surprised they would be
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for such a long time already &s_O6cqgh
fate has been playing with them. `9b/Q
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to change into destiny, $Hqm 09w
which brings them nearer and yet further, S:{hgi,T*
barriering their path sJtz{'
and suppressing a laugh, VkFTIyt
leaped aside. Y1EN|!WZ
There were signs, indications, ~=(?Z2UDA_
but maybe just undecipherable. 7(na?Z$
Three years ago, perhaps +jzpB*@
or even last Tuesday, \Oh9)X:I
this leaf flying }K9Vr!
from one shoulder to another? 9ZUG~d7_
Something was dropped and then picked up. JE,R[` &
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished 2Xk(3J!!'a
into childhood bushes? 7}(LO^,A
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There were handles, door bells, t`03$&Cx7
where, on the trace of a hand, rs2~spN;h
another hand was placed; %stZ'IX
suitcases next to one another in the 3nf+imAF
left luggage. VztalwI
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, YMLo~j4J
suddenly erased after waking. 1eI>Yy>}
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Every beginning
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is only a sequel, after all, By6C+)up
and the book of fate iyrUY
is always just half open. orf21N+ [
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是那瞬间的感觉 Ta?#o
将他们结合在一起 5 +:b#B
这种确定的感觉很美 >[,Rt"[V
但那种不确定的感觉 1 9a"@WB@
却更加妙不可言 ov zIJbf
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 O:Bfbna
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 qrO]t\
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 j2deb`GD
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 6'395x_.\
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我想问问他们 d|]F^DDuI
是否记得在某个回转门 ukv
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那个面对面的瞬间? _WtX8
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? R+8+L|\wHv
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? A{\7HV 5
但我已经知道答案了 q%
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不,他们并不记得 enlk)_btp
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他们一定会十分惊讶 u-Ct-0
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 -N^}1^gA
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但这运气 ]ms#*IZ
却还没有成为命运 )<9g+^
它曾让他们如此接近 e{U`^ao`F8
却又让他们擦肩而过 IB
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阻断他们之间的联系 QkZT%!7
又忍着邪恶的笑意 *_b4j.)ax,
跳着跑开了 b*qkox;j
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 PHi'&)|
但这暗示也许过于深奥 UtG@0(6C
可能在三年前 Bo.x
或者就在上个星期二 xT{qeHeZ9,
不是就有一片落叶 )QaI{ z
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? -'3vQXj&
一个人的东西曾经掉落 #B"ki{Se*
又被另一个人拣起来 COc1np
谁知道呢 ?tE}89c
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 ^i&/k
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某个门把手上 uCF+Mp
或者某个门铃上 7<x0LW
两个人的手 AUcq\Ys
也许曾经放在同一个位置 uf\Hh -+p
两个人的包 >},O_qx
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 5|x&Z/hL
甚至 7!hL(k[
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 +`u]LOAyP=
只是第二天早上起来 r-'\<d(J$
却忘掉了 yfiRMN"2
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每一次开始 RPPxiYU^
也许 I/jMe'Kp
都只是一种继续 WW0N"m'
而两个人之间的故事 71 hv~Nk/x
却永远只写了一半 $@Zb]gavt?
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