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by Wislawa Szymborska Js("H
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They both thought rDvz2p"R
that a sudden feeling had united them ; Da[jFP
This certainty is beautiful, hExw} c
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. tm[e?+Iq
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They thought they didn't know each other, `4N{x.N
nothing had ever happened between them. ~BJ~]~0P`
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, ['l.]k-b}
they could have passed each other long ago acdWU"<
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I would like to ask them, *wOuw@09
if they can remember - :>t^B+
perhaps in a revolving door kk*:S* ,
face to face one day? >tFv&1iR
A "sorry" in the crowd? =e>#oPH
"Wrong number" on the phone? XA%a7Xtni
- but I know the answer. EDkxRfY2/
No, they don't remember. z%pD3J?>
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How surprised they would be 7KzMa%=
for such a long time already ~.,h12
fate has been playing with them. rWXw/a
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Not quite yet ready QV@NA@;XZ
to change into destiny, W18I"lHeh
which brings them nearer and yet further, ;& PK6G
barriering their path $^1L|KgXp
and suppressing a laugh, KOQ9K
leaped aside. DIU9Le
There were signs, indications, S
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but maybe just undecipherable. +uY)MExs2
Three years ago, perhaps 7 ?O~3
or even last Tuesday, az=(6PX
this leaf flying m@_m"1_;
from one shoulder to another? lv*fK
Something was dropped and then picked up. V>2mzc
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished 0B;cQSH!q
into childhood bushes? C<?Huw4R0
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There were handles, door bells, (^ Q:zU
where, on the trace of a hand, w|uO)/v
another hand was placed; rq.S0bzH
suitcases next to one another in the W"@FRWcd
left luggage. 3w
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Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, N%,!&\L
suddenly erased after waking. 5}/TB_W7j
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Every beginning 27NhYDo
is only a sequel, after all, F$QAWs
and the book of fate g+-=/Ge
is always just half open. X@[)jWs
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他们都以为 u*<G20~A
是那瞬间的感觉 DjX*2O
将他们结合在一起 Viu+#J;l
这种确定的感觉很美 &!kr&g#]
但那种不确定的感觉 =eXJZPR
却更加妙不可言
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 2eOde(K+
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 zgdOugmmt_
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 {Y%X
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 Z{|U!tn
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我想问问他们 `Xbk2KD p
是否记得在某个回转门 $:YJ<HvG<
那个面对面的瞬间? *1Lkde@|{
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? f8DF>]WW
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? R tR5ij1
但我已经知道答案了 3xJ_%AD\'
不,他们并不记得 ?Q< o-o;B
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他们一定会十分惊讶 "z^&>#F
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 zLs[vg.(
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但这运气 -F+dRzxH
却还没有成为命运 "SuBtoK
它曾让他们如此接近 4gTD HQP
却又让他们擦肩而过 }- Jw"|^W
阻断他们之间的联系 DJtKLG0
又忍着邪恶的笑意 mv1_vF:
跳着跑开了 QDRgVP
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 -1Luyuy/`
但这暗示也许过于深奥 39W6"^q"o
可能在三年前 (L)tC*Qjc
或者就在上个星期二 >?$+hZz<
不是就有一片落叶 0nF>E@ j^[
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? mxYsP6&
一个人的东西曾经掉落 2[\I{<2/9
又被另一个人拣起来 7DU"QeLeb
谁知道呢 3zO'=gwJ
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 0aMw
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某个门把手上 ;)^eDJ<
或者某个门铃上 *j,5TO-j
两个人的手 $Q[>v!!X
也许曾经放在同一个位置 aqjS 5!qh
两个人的包 ~$0Qvyb>
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 ldJ:A*/M6
甚至 E47U &xL
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 Q1G?e,Q
只是第二天早上起来 He4sP`&I
却忘掉了 3q=A35*LT>
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每一次开始 o,!r t1&0
也许 L`yyn/2>
都只是一种继续 y7I')}SC
而两个人之间的故事 |]5g+sd
却永远只写了一半 HR85!S`
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