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that a sudden feeling had united them @= c{GAj
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but uncertainty is more beautiful still. eiZv|?^0
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They thought they didn't know each other, EX>|+zYL
nothing had ever happened between them. bOCdf"!g
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, F}Bc +i#]
they could have passed each other long ago iSxxy1R
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I would like to ask them, TJ9,c2d+
if they can remember - DA
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perhaps in a revolving door :):=KowI
face to face one day? ,q#^_/?
A "sorry" in the crowd? ]xfAdBi
"Wrong number" on the phone? r*/Pyh
- but I know the answer. !oU$(,#9
No, they don't remember. SaEe7eHd
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How surprised they would be OwP9=9};
for such a long time already L%a ni}V
fate has been playing with them. tg~&kaz
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Not quite yet ready yZ,k8TJ",
to change into destiny, `n:IXD5'
which brings them nearer and yet further, )_T[thf]
barriering their path FTt7o'U
and suppressing a laugh, J`O4]XRY
leaped aside. M[_~7~4
There were signs, indications, xIF
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but maybe just undecipherable. RlX;c!K
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or even last Tuesday, ',0~ \V
this leaf flying vjJ!d#8
from one shoulder to another? ]}9y>+>
Something was dropped and then picked up. #;H,`r
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished QB@qzgEJ!,
into childhood bushes? N_L&!%s
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There were handles, door bells, UTUIL D
where, on the trace of a hand, }se)=7d8
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another hand was placed; dv%gmUUf}k
suitcases next to one another in the JBE'B Q@
left luggage. /,5`#Gte_
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, >w9)c|
suddenly erased after waking. eEn_aX
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Every beginning V#!ypX]AB[
is only a sequel, after all, g_]
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and the book of fate n<CJx+U
is always just half open. )QTk5zt
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他们都以为 T]EXm/
是那瞬间的感觉 Sct-,K%i
将他们结合在一起 `Dh %c%j)
这种确定的感觉很美 N>Y`>5
但那种不确定的感觉 GU'5`Yzd9
却更加妙不可言 f\~e&`PV
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 @D"#B@j
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 HcHfwLin0
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 %8$JL=c
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 2>fG}qYy$
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我想问问他们 'A!Dg
是否记得在某个回转门 WGG|d)'@
那个面对面的瞬间? B0 q![
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? gKb4n
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或者电话里的一句「打错了」? ^Sy\<
但我已经知道答案了 l$,l3
不,他们并不记得 *&UVr
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他们一定会十分惊讶 Jkm\{;
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 q9WdJ!-^X
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但这运气 "XC6 l4Z
却还没有成为命运 >Fx$Rty
它曾让他们如此接近 <
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却又让他们擦肩而过 ;
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阻断他们之间的联系 /gy;~eB01
又忍着邪恶的笑意 (:+IS
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跳着跑开了 r.i.w0B(
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 -ZQ3^'f:0J
但这暗示也许过于深奥 &%qD Som3
可能在三年前 )r?i^D&4
或者就在上个星期二 \U !<-
不是就有一片落叶 V]k!]
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? a2=wJhk
一个人的东西曾经掉落 Y[s
又被另一个人拣起来 .j}u'!LKul
谁知道呢 Rdt8jY6F/
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 ;%dkwKO
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某个门把手上 `Q(ac|
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或者某个门铃上 1LPfn(
两个人的手 'b661,+d
也许曾经放在同一个位置 ?783LBe
两个人的包 hD>:WJ
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 Fa+PN9M`?.
甚至 QV .A.DK
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 &@+K%qW[e
只是第二天早上起来 bk6$+T=>
却忘掉了 ^Y'J0v2
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每一次开始 x;Gyo
也许 E=QL4*?
都只是一种继续 g=U?{<8.m
而两个人之间的故事 X'?v8\mPK
却永远只写了一半 &2xYG{Z
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