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They both thought ;eW'}&|LV
that a sudden feeling had united them =Etwa
This certainty is beautiful, |5~wwL@LW7
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. f']sU/c=
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They thought they didn't know each other, ?D(FNd
nothing had ever happened between them. K 5qLBz@U
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, L+L"$
they could have passed each other long ago `Ixs7{&jU
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I would like to ask them, `xX4!^0Hm
if they can remember - Xvu)
perhaps in a revolving door P
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face to face one day? $35,\ZO>
A "sorry" in the crowd? VXkAFgO
"Wrong number" on the phone? KIKq9 *
- but I know the answer. A3"1D
No, they don't remember. umm \r&]A
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How surprised they would be L8:]`MQ0
for such a long time already +2EHmuJ;
fate has been playing with them. y)p$_.YFF
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Not quite yet ready 4ypRyO
to change into destiny, eA1k)gjE
which brings them nearer and yet further, E5*-;>2c
barriering their path 3V/_I<y
and suppressing a laugh, }0BL0N`_
leaped aside. NqT1buU#
There were signs, indications, ApG'jN
but maybe just undecipherable. gHvW
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Three years ago, perhaps 8B *E+f0
or even last Tuesday, x/%7%_+'
this leaf flying #.)xm(Ys
from one shoulder to another? ]{|fYt_-
Something was dropped and then picked up. "u<jbD
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished /[Bl
into childhood bushes? P?q
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There were handles, door bells, 0
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where, on the trace of a hand, M)"]$TM
another hand was placed; ZI58XS+
suitcases next to one another in the DYo<5^0
left luggage. wi\z>'R
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, Y_[g_
suddenly erased after waking. 5ys#L&q'Z
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Every beginning ;'=VrE6
is only a sequel, after all, X2\E9hJg
and the book of fate X)Dqeb6
is always just half open. DC|xilP1O
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他们都以为 oMh~5
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是那瞬间的感觉 +P[88!
将他们结合在一起 u?q&K|
这种确定的感觉很美 Zk]k1]u*5
但那种不确定的感觉 6sYV7w,'@
却更加妙不可言 .-.q3ib
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 F~z_>1lpP&
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 u lH0%`Fi
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 qs!>tw
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 EkRdpiLB
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我想问问他们 5U0ytDZ2/(
是否记得在某个回转门 '"`
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那个面对面的瞬间? [#7y[<.P
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? lir&e
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或者电话里的一句「打错了」? D3%l4.h
但我已经知道答案了 tgO+*q5B
不,他们并不记得 PSW#^o
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他们一定会十分惊讶 xik`W!1S
原来 <9@&oN+T
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 "0|BoG
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但这运气 5Xwk*@t2a
却还没有成为命运 3%XG@OgP
它曾让他们如此接近 ^pJ0nY#c
却又让他们擦肩而过 *Jb_=j*)
阻断他们之间的联系 |.j^G2x
又忍着邪恶的笑意 b\1+kB/8
跳着跑开了 n<{aPLQ
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 (JevHdI*V
但这暗示也许过于深奥 +->\79<#V(
可能在三年前 Dp!;7e s|
或者就在上个星期二 ]|,vCKju
不是就有一片落叶 iH[E=
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从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? BiA>QQ
一个人的东西曾经掉落 Ru)(dvk}S
又被另一个人拣起来 e@[9C(5E"
谁知道呢 >RM
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也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 [/?c@N,
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某个门把手上 EtGH\?d~]
或者某个门铃上 ?Rlgv5P!
两个人的手 Y.E?;iS
也许曾经放在同一个位置 wOjv[@d
两个人的包 >[K0=nA
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 mDZ=Due1
甚至 (Ar?QwP9>
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 ~Y% :
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只是第二天早上起来 .SG0}8gW
却忘掉了 #xlZU
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每一次开始 8,=G1c
也许 (%i!%{!]
都只是一种继续 =h(7rU"Yz
而两个人之间的故事 iNt 4>
却永远只写了一半 Q5g,7ac8L
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