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by Wislawa Szymborska jU kxA7 }}
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that a sudden feeling had united them H2oxD$s
This certainty is beautiful, !-N!Bt8;
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. qe'ssX;
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They thought they didn't know each other, FrUqfTi+W
nothing had ever happened between them. /\_n5XI1
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, +I-BqA9
they could have passed each other long ago kh{3s:RQfC
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I would like to ask them, { =\Fc`74
if they can remember - B;F~6i
perhaps in a revolving door :h |]j[2p
face to face one day? |V4<eF-0S
A "sorry" in the crowd? $.t>* Bq
"Wrong number" on the phone? mBJr*_p
- but I know the answer. R8:5N3Fx
No, they don't remember. jV9oTH-
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How surprised they would be 7R7+jL,
for such a long time already Be6+YM5Cl
fate has been playing with them. xkw=os
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Not quite yet ready !Vg=l[
to change into destiny, 3z, Ci$[
which brings them nearer and yet further, $qr6LIKGw
barriering their path ZjMnGRP
and suppressing a laugh, |`?&
leaped aside. %$kd`Rl}
There were signs, indications, }vh4ix
but maybe just undecipherable. q*4U2_^.
Three years ago, perhaps \{]y(GT
or even last Tuesday, (5E09K$
this leaf flying ?pfr^
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from one shoulder to another? _9t1aP5
Something was dropped and then picked up. XXhN;-p
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished n-xdyJD
into childhood bushes? _'ebXrbZB
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There were handles, door bells, 5y 5Dn!`
where, on the trace of a hand, $|@vmv0
another hand was placed; m(?{#aaq
suitcases next to one another in the b1cVAfUP
left luggage. <ShA_+Nd
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, |0oaEd^*}
suddenly erased after waking. $Hj;i/zD
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Every beginning Z~QLjv&$/r
is only a sequel, after all, xp'Q>%v
and the book of fate .4 U*.Rf
is always just half open. 8Z_ 4%vUBg
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他们都以为 A7%/sMv
是那瞬间的感觉 'Etq;^H
将他们结合在一起 (xN1?qXB.
这种确定的感觉很美 2_)UHTwsK
但那种不确定的感觉 *Cf!p\7!
却更加妙不可言 T@i*
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 z'$1$~I
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 rD4umWi
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 "f_qG2A{
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 K)wWqC.
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我想问问他们 hmd3W`8D
是否记得在某个回转门 (AtyM?*
那个面对面的瞬间? M-@X&bm,S
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? N)
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或者电话里的一句「打错了」? 7L6L{~8
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但我已经知道答案了 ]uypi#[
不,他们并不记得 (DY[OIHI
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他们一定会十分惊讶 \.O&-oi
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 /z4c>)fV
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但这运气 dd<l;4(
却还没有成为命运 ;aWk-
它曾让他们如此接近 Q2- lHn^L:
却又让他们擦肩而过 sH;_U)ssH
阻断他们之间的联系 7+hF1eoI
又忍着邪恶的笑意 viUJ4Pn
跳着跑开了 1w(3!Ps+
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 [8IO0lul+
但这暗示也许过于深奥 wB[f%mHs
可能在三年前 c+e?xXCEAz
或者就在上个星期二 W"_<SYVJ
不是就有一片落叶 [bP^RY:
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? eBnx$
一个人的东西曾经掉落 tx>7?e8E
又被另一个人拣起来 E5)0YYjHZ
谁知道呢 <A8>To<
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 gee~>l
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某个门把手上 4jC)"tch
或者某个门铃上 h2f8-}fsq
两个人的手 I2}eFz&FE
也许曾经放在同一个位置 ?@,EGY<
两个人的包 Fc5t,P
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 8\{z>y
甚至 dB[4NT
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 (~zu4^9w
只是第二天早上起来 :M6v<Kg{;
却忘掉了 `}#rcDK
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每一次开始 /CNsGx%%
也许 ?@$xLUHR4
都只是一种继续 .cQO?UKK
而两个人之间的故事 2I }p X9
却永远只写了一半 ,7Hyrx`
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