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They both thought @^ e@.)
that a sudden feeling had united them :uEp7Y4
This certainty is beautiful, m"DMa
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. wnX6XyUH
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They thought they didn't know each other, Nm~#$orI|
nothing had ever happened between them. *}J_STM
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, w&{J9'~
they could have passed each other long ago yV. P.Q
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I would like to ask them, |?>h$'
if they can remember - tu'M YY
perhaps in a revolving door >O _
face to face one day? X]!@xlwF\
A "sorry" in the crowd? E;sltl
"Wrong number" on the phone? fCfY.vd5
- but I know the answer. 3XRG"
No, they don't remember. D6t]E)FH
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How surprised they would be 0#JBz\
for such a long time already R<=t{vTJ5
fate has been playing with them. QZlUUj\
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Not quite yet ready pr"flRQr#
to change into destiny, El%(je,|
which brings them nearer and yet further, -}J8|gwwp
barriering their path *l//r
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and suppressing a laugh, *pMA
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leaped aside. m+g>s&1H
There were signs, indications, ,zFN3NLtA
but maybe just undecipherable. lg1D>=(mY
Three years ago, perhaps sn(}5;
or even last Tuesday, `9-Zg??8r
this leaf flying J$;)TI
from one shoulder to another? }>w4!
Something was dropped and then picked up. (
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Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished
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into childhood bushes? msylb~ ^
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There were handles, door bells, m5Kx}H~
where, on the trace of a hand, Mx"tUoU6z
another hand was placed; MF`'r#@:wa
suitcases next to one another in the i1
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left luggage. N,|oV|i
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, U4gwxK
suddenly erased after waking. EMG*8HRI>r
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Every beginning ]_?y[@ZP
is only a sequel, after all, >y[S?M
and the book of fate jq)|Uq'6
is always just half open. keOW{:^i
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他们都以为
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是那瞬间的感觉 `t6L'%\
将他们结合在一起 H[
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这种确定的感觉很美 z3]U%y(,
但那种不确定的感觉 Q_.Fw\l$`
却更加妙不可言 1tdCzbEn+
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 "=.|QKC1`
也许从来没有发生过任何联系
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但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 Z.pw!mu"
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 ^~l<N@
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我想问问他们 lQ"i]};<D
是否记得在某个回转门 L:-lqag!
那个面对面的瞬间? Qs:r@"hE
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? s 'xmv{|
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? !`lqWO_/
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但我已经知道答案了 T"U t).
不,他们并不记得 <h9\ A&
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他们一定会十分惊讶 MVZ>:G9:
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 7`HUwu
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但这运气 lvi:I+VgA
却还没有成为命运 JB@VP{
它曾让他们如此接近 U I C? S
却又让他们擦肩而过 ,~(}lvqVH
阻断他们之间的联系 G`"Cqs<
又忍着邪恶的笑意 <>_WdAOuD
跳着跑开了 QE2^.|d{
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 6/ipdi[
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但这暗示也许过于深奥 \DK*>
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可能在三年前 &,]+>
或者就在上个星期二 D|9fHMg%
不是就有一片落叶 vWs c{9
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? (}1f]$V
一个人的东西曾经掉落 VAGMI+ -
又被另一个人拣起来 4tJ4X' U
谁知道呢 0!`7kZrN
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 ~e9INZe-j
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某个门把手上 ecpUp39\
或者某个门铃上 Y{RB\}f(
两个人的手 MXk. 2
也许曾经放在同一个位置 W+e*(W|d6
两个人的包 TZNgtR{q
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 N'P,QiR,z<
甚至 .+}o'rU
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 !!%[JR)cS
只是第二天早上起来 Wy*7jB
却忘掉了 kTWg31]~
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每一次开始 jSp&mD*xv
也许 +|)1_NK
都只是一种继续 PRC)GP&q
而两个人之间的故事 /? 1Yf
却永远只写了一半 -Jo :+].
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