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They both thought :JTRRv
that a sudden feeling had united them L~?,6
This certainty is beautiful, 8S[<[CH
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. )sY$\^'WY
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They thought they didn't know each other, )n[`Z#
nothing had ever happened between them. Sh~ 8jEk
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, JWUv H
they could have passed each other long ago }QApeZd+q
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I would like to ask them, N>F2
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if they can remember - On2Vf*G@|
perhaps in a revolving door kG|>_5
face to face one day? )|59FOWg
A "sorry" in the crowd? 5W:Gl?$S}
"Wrong number" on the phone? C[J`x>-K
- but I know the answer. b}EYNCw_7S
No, they don't remember. (|ct`KU0#
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How surprised they would be y<'2BTf
for such a long time already R"8})a
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fate has been playing with them. {$u@6&
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Not quite yet ready !)51v {
to change into destiny, W~+!"^<n
which brings them nearer and yet further, g[D,\
barriering their path zn?a|kt
and suppressing a laugh, '%eaK_+7
leaped aside. ^}Dv$\;6
There were signs, indications, |+$j(YuH
but maybe just undecipherable. h!t2H6eyF
Three years ago, perhaps p[k9C$@e}
or even last Tuesday, +"N<-
this leaf flying ~YT>:Np
from one shoulder to another? (`uC"M Lk
Something was dropped and then picked up. u}@%70A
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished c-3Y SrY
into childhood bushes? -V<=`e
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There were handles, door bells, ek0;8Ds9
where, on the trace of a hand, AIRVvW~($
another hand was placed; zvQ^f@lq2
suitcases next to one another in the +2k|g2
left luggage. D .oS8'
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, R(7X}*@X
suddenly erased after waking. !~$ YD*"S
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Every beginning Yf2+@E
is only a sequel, after all, 7K5o"
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and the book of fate )lngef
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is always just half open. WSpg(\Cs
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一见钟情 6Kv}2M')+
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他们都以为 TF}4X;3Dsy
是那瞬间的感觉 \ /X!tlwxh
将他们结合在一起 '\E*W!R.]
这种确定的感觉很美 NId~|&\
但那种不确定的感觉 mGyIr kE
却更加妙不可言 oE|{|27X
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 o._#=7|(
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 7+Jma! o
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 %Cbc@=k
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 uK&wS#uY
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我想问问他们 $xn%i\
是否记得在某个回转门 krnk%ug
那个面对面的瞬间? dW=D]
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? {i7Fu+xZj
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? nY5n%>8
但我已经知道答案了 tU~H@'
不,他们并不记得 <0,ah4C
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他们一定会十分惊讶 m*Lv,yw %a
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 [XU{)l
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但这运气 H|Fqc=qp
却还没有成为命运 [@l
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它曾让他们如此接近 "j@IRuH
却又让他们擦肩而过 HEfA c
阻断他们之间的联系 R;-FZ@u/
又忍着邪恶的笑意 IM&7h!
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跳着跑开了 '8pPGh9D
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 I9j+x])
但这暗示也许过于深奥 a!J ow?(
可能在三年前 L4A/7Ep
或者就在上个星期二 Bw/H'Y
不是就有一片落叶 /dvnQW4}8
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? &+r
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一个人的东西曾经掉落 `GN5QLg#}0
又被另一个人拣起来 GHsdLe=t0#
谁知道呢 !vo '8r?&
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 [F-u'h< *l
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某个门把手上 U@t?jTMBkO
或者某个门铃上 2D_Vo ])l/
两个人的手 tS/APSY
也许曾经放在同一个位置 SIBIh- L
两个人的包 [,?A$Z*Z|
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 f+88R=-u6S
甚至 .$s|T
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 nF
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只是第二天早上起来 PNxO\Rc
却忘掉了 xp;8p94
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每一次开始 .1q~,}toX
也许 ZYt"=\_
都只是一种继续 DBrzw+;e3
而两个人之间的故事 &l}xBQAL
却永远只写了一半 T7Qd
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