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by Wislawa Szymborska 2T(+VeMQ=
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They both thought '
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that a sudden feeling had united them $YY{|8@kjv
This certainty is beautiful, 4<E <sD
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. m`q&[:
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They thought they didn't know each other, L%\Wt1\[
nothing had ever happened between them. iOb7g@=
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, m2l9([u=^
they could have passed each other long ago )wD/<7;
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I would like to ask them, ErJ@$&7
if they can remember - BV7P_!vt
perhaps in a revolving door 6dz^%Ub
face to face one day? W1)<!nwA
A "sorry" in the crowd? W+"^! p|
"Wrong number" on the phone? 0MxK+8\y
- but I know the answer. SVd@-
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No, they don't remember. >35w"a7S
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How surprised they would be O_.!qk1R
for such a long time already qAbmQ{|w
fate has been playing with them. fXl2i]L(^B
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Not quite yet ready #s\kF *
to change into destiny, SRk!HuXh
which brings them nearer and yet further, UyV5A
barriering their path $>yfu=]?
and suppressing a laugh, "cBqZzkk9j
leaped aside. Lq;iR
There were signs, indications, d-tg^Ot#
but maybe just undecipherable. ,t wB" *
Three years ago, perhaps gg%)#0Zi
or even last Tuesday, ^_P?EJ,)`
this leaf flying Qf~$9?z
from one shoulder to another? z;<~j=lP
Something was dropped and then picked up. &Q}%b7
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished PO6yEr
into childhood bushes? lfC]!=2%~8
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There were handles, door bells, 4`: POu&
where, on the trace of a hand, wJq$yqos{
another hand was placed; Tt{z_gU6
suitcases next to one another in the </xf4.C
left luggage. R@tEC)Zn
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, ;A7JX:*?y=
suddenly erased after waking. xypgG;`\
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Every beginning (6a<{
is only a sequel, after all, m&xVlS
and the book of fate ]Z6? m
is always just half open. S`FIb'J
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他们都以为 BU??}{
是那瞬间的感觉 Gs3V]qbEP
将他们结合在一起 6G"UXNa,
这种确定的感觉很美 e:'56?|
但那种不确定的感觉 ?#Z4Dg
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却更加妙不可言 \
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 p?ccBq
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 g9VY{[V
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 g\.$4N
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 ,3f>-mP
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我想问问他们 URbB2
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是否记得在某个回转门 Jx}-Y*
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那个面对面的瞬间? IHd
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拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? "P(obk
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? $rr@3H+
但我已经知道答案了 m26YAcip}
不,他们并不记得 +> !nqp
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他们一定会十分惊讶 },JJ!3
原来 *kqC^2t
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 t? 6 et1~
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但这运气 _&S#;ni\c
却还没有成为命运 FibZT1-k
它曾让他们如此接近 Rky]F+J
却又让他们擦肩而过 V8B4e4F
阻断他们之间的联系 -6NoEmb)\'
又忍着邪恶的笑意 ! {G0'
跳着跑开了 >|kD(}Axf
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 457{9k
但这暗示也许过于深奥 81s
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可能在三年前 YT(Eh3ID
或者就在上个星期二 `=#jWZ.8m
不是就有一片落叶 A7+ZY,
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? #*_!Xc9f
一个人的东西曾经掉落 ^w~B]*A:"
又被另一个人拣起来 ?-mOAHW0q
谁知道呢 \DZ.#=d
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 [NO4Wzc
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某个门把手上 U-fxlg|-C
或者某个门铃上 3s%ND7!/
两个人的手 hPBBXj/=
也许曾经放在同一个位置 &5b3k[K"
两个人的包 msfE;
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 9+N%Io?!
甚至
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 llX `
只是第二天早上起来 ?%Nh4+3N>
却忘掉了 [tfB*m5
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每一次开始 Pm/i,T6&\
也许 *{fs{gFw9
都只是一种继续 AK&>3D
而两个人之间的故事 |w{Qwf!2
却永远只写了一半 MAFdJ+n#
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