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by Wislawa Szymborska i/xPO
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that a sudden feeling had united them ;$i9gP[|m
This certainty is beautiful, BHj]w*Ov
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. `@.YyPxX\
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They thought they didn't know each other, n 2#uH
nothing had ever happened between them. @7lZ{jV$
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, 6X|KKsPzX
they could have passed each other long ago >K\ 79<x|
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I would like to ask them, 0nie>
if they can remember - GWE`'V
perhaps in a revolving door +G/~v`Bv
face to face one day? 1rPeh{SZ
A "sorry" in the crowd? A#1y>k
"Wrong number" on the phone? !.t'3~dUf$
- but I know the answer. SgXXitg9+
No, they don't remember. HTqik w5X
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How surprised they would be Zl,K#
for such a long time already N=I5MQG
fate has been playing with them.
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Not quite yet ready 2:DpnLU5
to change into destiny, iBUf1v
which brings them nearer and yet further, 5 #kvb$97
barriering their path L<QDC
and suppressing a laugh, N ZlJ_[\$C
leaped aside. +H<%)Lk J
There were signs, indications, *Mp<4B
but maybe just undecipherable. SbI,9<
Three years ago, perhaps vY;Lc
or even last Tuesday, [\.>BK
this leaf flying *<0g/AL
from one shoulder to another? Cza)s
Something was dropped and then picked up. '6WDs]\
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished _SFD}w3b$
into childhood bushes? 2Q k\}KWs
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There were handles, door bells, ?=4t~\g?
where, on the trace of a hand, |y=gp
another hand was placed; blPC"3}3Vd
suitcases next to one another in the #&5\1Qu
left luggage. O0{v`|w9+
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, G?_,(
suddenly erased after waking. mn4;$1~e>H
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is only a sequel, after all, p-6.:y
and the book of fate e.kt]l
is always just half open. U D(#u3z
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他们都以为 0`thND)?O
是那瞬间的感觉 ^KF'/9S
将他们结合在一起 K;ML'
这种确定的感觉很美 18HHEW{
但那种不确定的感觉 ~zX5}U<R
却更加妙不可言 aRwBxf
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 NEH$&%OV?
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 $g^;*>yr
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 {ULnQ6@
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我想问问他们 0Q9OQqg
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是否记得在某个回转门 TExlGAHo+O
那个面对面的瞬间? `7A@\Ha3
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? /km3L7L%R
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? G<eJ0S
但我已经知道答案了 cOgtBEhn
不,他们并不记得 (Vv]:Y]
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他们一定会十分惊讶 yB1>83!q
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 y^rg%RV
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但这运气 GZt] 38V)g
却还没有成为命运 UXJl;Mb
它曾让他们如此接近 _@;N<$&
却又让他们擦肩而过 Zv\b`Cf}
阻断他们之间的联系 J5T#}!f
又忍着邪恶的笑意 ]l'ki8
跳着跑开了 NZ5~\k
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 SI9hS4<j
但这暗示也许过于深奥 kDh(~nfj
可能在三年前 O :^[4$~
或者就在上个星期二 LH;G:
不是就有一片落叶 /f<(K-o]
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? nL!@#{z
一个人的东西曾经掉落 V1`|j
又被另一个人拣起来 O;BPd:<
谁知道呢 >JOvg*a?"
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 {SJ7Yfs
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某个门把手上 bicL%I2h
或者某个门铃上 dCTpO
两个人的手 >}*jsqaVU
也许曾经放在同一个位置 M3 u8NRd5|
两个人的包 E5{)d~q
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 Dys"|,F
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 iXRt9)MT{
只是第二天早上起来 h';v'"DoW`
却忘掉了 v6\2mc.
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每一次开始 1I_q3 {
也许 E(_I3mftm
都只是一种继续 FF~4y>R7u
而两个人之间的故事 H>iZVE
却永远只写了一半 =Gz>ZWF
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