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They both thought FYAEM!dyy
that a sudden feeling had united them &^=Lr:I
This certainty is beautiful, s QDgNJbU
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. 'HA{6v,y
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They thought they didn't know each other, 5y#,z`S
nothing had ever happened between them. E_,/)U8
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, *^?tr?e%I<
they could have passed each other long ago xT*'p&ap
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I would like to ask them, `PWKA;W$0
if they can remember - yV^Yp=f_
perhaps in a revolving door 4]d^L>
face to face one day? ]*0zir/
A "sorry" in the crowd? N?\X2J1
"Wrong number" on the phone? (Y1*Bs[l
- but I know the answer. V?mP7
No, they don't remember. bWFa{W5!
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How surprised they would be DUOoTlp
for such a long time already g )hEzL0k
fate has been playing with them. v\xl?F
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Not quite yet ready mGT('iTM4
to change into destiny, U:7h>Z0W
which brings them nearer and yet further, +){^HC\7h
barriering their path l+ }=D@l
and suppressing a laugh, f:;-ZkIU ?
leaped aside. *D]:{#C*
There were signs, indications, DV5hTw0
but maybe just undecipherable. Q'<AV1<
Three years ago, perhaps .S` q2C\
or even last Tuesday, :V/".K-:J
this leaf flying 6H#:rM
from one shoulder to another? wE
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Something was dropped and then picked up. Ev fvU:z
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished
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into childhood bushes? *>m[ZJd %=
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There were handles, door bells, [&TF]az
where, on the trace of a hand, Qz(D1>5I?
another hand was placed; )*KMU?
suitcases next to one another in the j0l,1=^>l
left luggage. J0sD?V|{1~
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, -P]O t>%S
suddenly erased after waking. ing'' _
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Every beginning /|EdpHx0
is only a sequel, after all, Ah2@sp,z
and the book of fate a%#UF@I
is always just half open. Tm%5:/<8
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他们都以为 E\iK_'#
是那瞬间的感觉 M5bE5C
将他们结合在一起 f&-`+V}U
这种确定的感觉很美 ((M,6Q}
但那种不确定的感觉 N* gJu
却更加妙不可言 I~7iIUD
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 f 3UCELJ
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 KhjC'CU,
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 `Vvi]>,cg`
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 ^G4YvS(
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我想问问他们 CJ<nUIy'z
是否记得在某个回转门 y|LHnNQ
那个面对面的瞬间? /^=1]+_!
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? :Xw|v2z%3
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? -2.7Z`*(
但我已经知道答案了 jKUEs75]
不,他们并不记得 =~:IiK/#
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他们一定会十分惊讶 3kxo1eb
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 7Kw'Y8
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但这运气 !2t7s96
却还没有成为命运 ~,lt^@a
它曾让他们如此接近 ')jItje|
却又让他们擦肩而过
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阻断他们之间的联系 h&4s%:_4
又忍着邪恶的笑意 LL<xygd
跳着跑开了 t$BjJ -G
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 yY VR]H H
但这暗示也许过于深奥 p]aEC+q
可能在三年前 J3yK^@&&
或者就在上个星期二 Y"FV#<9@7E
不是就有一片落叶 J;& y?%{@5
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? ::Zo` vP
一个人的东西曾经掉落 /WQ.,a
又被另一个人拣起来 7xnj\9$m
谁知道呢 5=o ^/Vkc
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 2@S}x@^
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某个门把手上 }UyQGRZ=
或者某个门铃上 ZthT('"a
两个人的手 v ,")XPY
也许曾经放在同一个位置 8maWF.xq
两个人的包 x/,;:S
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 12 p`ZD=
甚至 9E7 G%-
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 t}+/GSwT
只是第二天早上起来 1Vpti4OmU
却忘掉了 rC8p!e.yL
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每一次开始 Lx,=Up.
也许 >)M{^
都只是一种继续 Z],j|rWy6
而两个人之间的故事 ;21D ^e
却永远只写了一半 ytttF5-
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