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by Wislawa Szymborska I-/-k.
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that a sudden feeling had united them eqU y>
This certainty is beautiful, 7<93n`byM
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. o-<.8Z}>at
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They thought they didn't know each other, f(c#1AJE53
nothing had ever happened between them. mqQC`Aqx:
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, @dhnpR:L
they could have passed each other long ago 6J3<k(#:
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I would like to ask them, 8+&Da
if they can remember - D[K!xq
perhaps in a revolving door edfb7prfTl
face to face one day? mfgUf
A "sorry" in the crowd? lnrs4s Km
"Wrong number" on the phone? =n_>7@9l
- but I know the answer. &^F'ME
No, they don't remember. -EWC3,3
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How surprised they would be )H*BTfmt
for such a long time already G;^,T/q47
fate has been playing with them. )p
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Not quite yet ready F%:o6mT
to change into destiny, 6LzN#g
which brings them nearer and yet further, g_(O7
barriering their path w+{ o^O
and suppressing a laugh, C ?aa)H
leaped aside. "bvob G
There were signs, indications, kO v37c'
but maybe just undecipherable. +)*oPSQ5
Three years ago, perhaps o?wEX%
or even last Tuesday,
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this leaf flying T$o;PJc
from one shoulder to another? /9
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Something was dropped and then picked up. s[u*~A
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished U%aDkC+M
into childhood bushes? vF'Y; M
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There were handles, door bells, xc1-($Q,
where, on the trace of a hand, _#6*C%a x
another hand was placed; 6'1Lu1w
suitcases next to one another in the ^J&}C
left luggage. '6f)^DYA'?
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, Zy^ wS1io
suddenly erased after waking. m/aA
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Every beginning M HKnHPv
is only a sequel, after all, f(*iagEy
and the book of fate <-=g)3_
is always just half open. tjcG^m} _
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他们都以为 qE{L42
是那瞬间的感觉 lQ?_1H~4=
将他们结合在一起 x8RiYi+
这种确定的感觉很美 e+wINW
但那种不确定的感觉 _/h<4G6A
却更加妙不可言 li%A?_/m<&
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 \_t[\&.a}
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 UZ7ukn-
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 23P7%\
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 /3qKsv#
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我想问问他们 z v:o$2Z
是否记得在某个回转门 )W!\D/C+
那个面对面的瞬间? ic?(`6N8
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? |:Lk lpdYe
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? m/ngPeZ
但我已经知道答案了 [yDOvQ[
不,他们并不记得 He LW*
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他们一定会十分惊讶 !w:pb7+G
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 @e^(V$ap
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但这运气 eVGW4b
却还没有成为命运 Poxoc-s
它曾让他们如此接近 O\}w&BE:h
却又让他们擦肩而过 g ~>nT>6
阻断他们之间的联系 P+Sgbtc
又忍着邪恶的笑意 lO8GnkLE
跳着跑开了 H8qWY"<Vd
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 :Oi}X7\
但这暗示也许过于深奥 ;!#IRR
可能在三年前 X-cP'"
或者就在上个星期二 `/o| 1vv@_
不是就有一片落叶 ?fNUmk^A<
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? t9&=; s
一个人的东西曾经掉落 m%)S<L7
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又被另一个人拣起来 p+^K$w^Cs
谁知道呢 (%*~5%l\
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 Ny]]L
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某个门把手上 /7K7o8g
或者某个门铃上 *xDV8iu_
两个人的手 G Cp90
也许曾经放在同一个位置 d"}lh:L9
两个人的包 v'SqH,=d
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 Cuo"6, M
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 /_tN&[
只是第二天早上起来 <(BIWm*
却忘掉了 HK`r9frn
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每一次开始 ,A>cL#Oe
也许 F-2Q3+7$
都只是一种继续 /D;cm
而两个人之间的故事 CiIIlE4
却永远只写了一半 %Wt F\p
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