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They both thought $,@PY5r
that a sudden feeling had united them pTQ70V3
This certainty is beautiful, r |H 1Yy
but uncertainty is more beautiful still.
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They thought they didn't know each other, v(|Arm?
nothing had ever happened between them. `>i8$q%
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, YadG05PDe
they could have passed each other long ago 50<QF
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I would like to ask them, z CS.P.$
if they can remember - e-Pn,j
perhaps in a revolving door J~}%j.QQ7
face to face one day? hDn?R}^l{
A "sorry" in the crowd? <5 ?
"Wrong number" on the phone? F,[GdE;P
- but I know the answer. (uW$ch@2K
No, they don't remember. "!g}Q*
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How surprised they would be 0~/'c0Ho
for such a long time already 3A`|$So
fate has been playing with them. 4r+@7hnK
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to change into destiny, G!G]*p5
which brings them nearer and yet further, IonphTcU!
barriering their path #YiphR&
and suppressing a laugh, ZH~=;S-t
leaped aside. k_o$ Ci
There were signs, indications, Z9)-kRQz=r
but maybe just undecipherable. R^hlfKnt
Three years ago, perhaps ><&>JgM
or even last Tuesday, /h(bMb Z
this leaf flying NFsCq_f
from one shoulder to another? DN$[rCi7
Something was dropped and then picked up. 6rP?$mn2
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished prk@uYCa =
into childhood bushes? io[>`@=
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There were handles, door bells, qh]D=i
where, on the trace of a hand, }x A Eu,n^
another hand was placed; nT:F{2 M;
suitcases next to one another in the ^uV=|1<%
left luggage. ITt*TuS2c
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, ~Y_5q)t(
suddenly erased after waking. [C0"vOTUb
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Every beginning #n_ gry!5
is only a sequel, after all, |7$Q'3V
and the book of fate 3FglzJ
is always just half open. L2Vj2o"x?
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他们都以为 jap5FG+2
是那瞬间的感觉 59l9^<{A
将他们结合在一起 Clo}kdkd_
这种确定的感觉很美 H#+2l?D:"
但那种不确定的感觉 EK%J%NY
却更加妙不可言 ~_]i'ii8
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 ty>9i]Y-
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 N hY`_?)
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 GzN /0:b
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 a
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我想问问他们 ^&z3zFTp
是否记得在某个回转门 d%~OEq1i"
那个面对面的瞬间? g9.y`o}c
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? N|3a(mtiZ'
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? DUMC4+i
但我已经知道答案了 '3uN]-A>D
不,他们并不记得 =j!nt8]8
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他们一定会十分惊讶 @TraEBJGL
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 84g8$~M
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但这运气 (^~0%1
却还没有成为命运 kTfE*We9
它曾让他们如此接近 }nK=~Wcu\
却又让他们擦肩而过 +Y_]<
阻断他们之间的联系 <*@!>6mS
又忍着邪恶的笑意 n_/;j$h
跳着跑开了 PN"=P2e/ 6
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 .P(Ax:g
但这暗示也许过于深奥 -\[&<o@/D
可能在三年前 9zD,z+
或者就在上个星期二 ?~9o2[
不是就有一片落叶 f~R`RBZ]9
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? [NU@A >H
一个人的东西曾经掉落 ,opS)C$
又被另一个人拣起来 rNl%I@G
谁知道呢 }08Sv=XM
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 68()2v4X
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某个门把手上 (v0i]1ly[
或者某个门铃上 eAK=ylF;
两个人的手 Yc-gJI*1
也许曾经放在同一个位置 6#;u6@+}yy
两个人的包 y6P-:f/&*
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 l H{~?x
甚至 J93@\b
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 tpn.\z%
只是第二天早上起来 KPxf
却忘掉了 b~C^cM
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每一次开始 C5^9D
也许 vm.%)F#@
都只是一种继续 BMH?BRi
而两个人之间的故事 c{{RP6o/j=
却永远只写了一半 [<JY[o=
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