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They both thought /L2ZI1v
that a sudden feeling had united them {q$U\y%Rq
This certainty is beautiful, w5y.kc;
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. PW%ith1)<
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They thought they didn't know each other, :RIqA/
nothing had ever happened between them. d~_5Jx
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, :9L}jz
they could have passed each other long ago yqK_|7I+
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I would like to ask them, EP;ts
if they can remember - c{to9Lk.#
perhaps in a revolving door ~X2# z|
face to face one day? ~)$R'=
A "sorry" in the crowd? k>MXOUaW.
"Wrong number" on the phone? jqvw<+#
- but I know the answer. ~}p k^FA
No, they don't remember. E`HA0/
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How surprised they would be `Ivt)T+n;
for such a long time already h*KDZ+{)
fate has been playing with them. A #SO}c
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Not quite yet ready Ow1+zltgj-
to change into destiny, "i&n;8?Y
which brings them nearer and yet further, a'-xCV|^
barriering their path r
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and suppressing a laugh, )IK%Dg(v
leaped aside. E)Qg^DHP/
There were signs, indications,
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but maybe just undecipherable. q2|z
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Three years ago, perhaps JcP<@bb>B
or even last Tuesday, jJYCGK$=
this leaf flying g3vbskY|
from one shoulder to another? SZ4y\I
Something was dropped and then picked up. NE`;=26c
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished tjV63`LD
into childhood bushes? v@2?X4n
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There were handles, door bells, :T6zT3(")D
where, on the trace of a hand, G M;uwL#
another hand was placed; s$9ow<oi]
suitcases next to one another in the sX>|Y3S\U
left luggage. g&B7Y|Es
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, K; hP0J
suddenly erased after waking. }Dcpe M?
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Every beginning j&.JAQ*2;
is only a sequel, after all, Tf$> ^L
and the book of fate N0D5N(kH%
is always just half open. +N B5Fd4
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他们都以为 WH $*\IGJL
是那瞬间的感觉 *x#5S.i1
将他们结合在一起 -"^"& )
这种确定的感觉很美 `ALQSo~l
但那种不确定的感觉 u0+<[Ia'q
却更加妙不可言 2"xhFxoD7
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 `+KLE(]vyH
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 ?|2m0~%V=
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 m^0*k|9+G
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 9p02K@wkD
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我想问问他们 JP]4* l
是否记得在某个回转门 9<!??'@f
那个面对面的瞬间? m`XaY J
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? r 3T #Nv
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? M tDJ1I%
但我已经知道答案了 J{EK}'
不,他们并不记得 rA_r$X
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他们一定会十分惊讶 lg (>n&
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 =>TXo@rVN
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但这运气 C}XB%:5H5
却还没有成为命运 ,tBc%&.f
它曾让他们如此接近 +x:VIi
却又让他们擦肩而过 WIwGw %_~
阻断他们之间的联系 c3Ig4 n0Y>
又忍着邪恶的笑意 5=MM^$QG
跳着跑开了 oFGgr2Re
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 6Vu??qBy
但这暗示也许过于深奥 @yPI$"Ma
可能在三年前 V3pn@'pr
或者就在上个星期二 =8qhK=&]
不是就有一片落叶 Mr K?,7*Xi
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? <l9qhqHv&
一个人的东西曾经掉落 =)6|lz^
又被另一个人拣起来 =6w(9O
谁知道呢 t9
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也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球
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某个门把手上 DGAg#jh
或者某个门铃上 ORV'dr
两个人的手 q*>|EJR^Rw
也许曾经放在同一个位置 A56aOI=
两个人的包 P}p6{
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 oP<E)
甚至 eY$Q}BcW
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 +7)/SQM5
只是第二天早上起来 ^yF2xJ)9-
却忘掉了 f=MR.\
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每一次开始 5th\_n}N2/
也许 q/tC/V%@(
都只是一种继续 2ld0w=?+eu
而两个人之间的故事 kObgoMT<[
却永远只写了一半 b9Ix*!Y
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