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by Wislawa Szymborska %DuSco"
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that a sudden feeling had united them CC XOxd
This certainty is beautiful, 1'SpJL1u~
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. )C%S`d<%,
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They thought they didn't know each other, -59;Zn/
nothing had ever happened between them. ; 8u5
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, uAv'%/
they could have passed each other long ago <M M(Z
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I would like to ask them, `;z;=A*
if they can remember - Zie t-@}
perhaps in a revolving door G|)fZQ1nS
face to face one day? _>i<` k
A "sorry" in the crowd? ?oQAxb&
"Wrong number" on the phone? [OQ+&\
- but I know the answer. mM-7
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No, they don't remember. T*zy^we
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How surprised they would be 7:X@lmBz=
for such a long time already Qd"u$~ qC
fate has been playing with them. xoNn'LF#u
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Not quite yet ready onF?;>[
to change into destiny, Pc=:j(
which brings them nearer and yet further, Y\{&chuF
barriering their path H263<^
and suppressing a laugh, o&Sv2"2
leaped aside. `&>CK`%Xu
There were signs, indications, [:cZDVaA|
but maybe just undecipherable. Oy~X@A
Three years ago, perhaps l8By2{pN
or even last Tuesday, -
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this leaf flying &z%DX
from one shoulder to another? 7K &j
Something was dropped and then picked up. J_>nn
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished 5MS5 Q]/
into childhood bushes? {y==8fCJ
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There were handles, door bells, 7"$9js 2
where, on the trace of a hand, 21.N+H'
another hand was placed; za[;d4<}k
suitcases next to one another in the Rb_+C
left luggage. ?8R
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, G,A;`:/
suddenly erased after waking. LJmRa
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Every beginning Z*lZl8(`
is only a sequel, after all, 2 [yfo8H
and the book of fate H&=3rkX
is always just half open. Dv-ubki
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他们都以为 t7b\ #o
是那瞬间的感觉 aOTrng
将他们结合在一起 $Qq5Fx9kU
这种确定的感觉很美 \C;F5AO
但那种不确定的感觉 -'Y@yIb
却更加妙不可言 e*jfxQ=qG
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 L+d4&x
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 Y<9Lqc.i
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 4z^5|$?_ta
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 xgv&M:%D-
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我想问问他们
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是否记得在某个回转门 vV 7L
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那个面对面的瞬间? IL N0/eH
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? 7P7d[KP<
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? i 79;;9M
但我已经知道答案了 8WL*Pr1I
不,他们并不记得 o9L$B
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他们一定会十分惊讶 {_1zIt|
原来 (S#nA:E
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 [wR x)F"
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但这运气 Y)OTvKrOA
却还没有成为命运 LwS>jNJx
它曾让他们如此接近 M>"J5yqR
却又让他们擦肩而过 8n Oent0a
阻断他们之间的联系 {\zB'SNq
又忍着邪恶的笑意 Jb"0P`senY
跳着跑开了 yZDS>7H
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 \,G7nT
但这暗示也许过于深奥 #Yr/GNN
可能在三年前 %)@3V8 OI
或者就在上个星期二 ^=gzms
不是就有一片落叶 ?q+^U>wy&
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? i>n)T
一个人的东西曾经掉落 n8vteGQ
又被另一个人拣起来 p:q?8+W-r
谁知道呢 $Hbd:1%i
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也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 VA0p1AD
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某个门把手上 TBp$S=_**
或者某个门铃上 rytaC(
两个人的手 Af{K#R8!
也许曾经放在同一个位置 !$|h[ct
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也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 &[iunJv:eq
甚至 8ECBi(
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 8WvQ[cd
只是第二天早上起来 v05B7^1@_
却忘掉了 5/"&C-t
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每一次开始 -McDNM
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都只是一种继续 v a
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而两个人之间的故事 q&N1| f7
却永远只写了一半 Q]oCzSi
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