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that a sudden feeling had united them TPVB{
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This certainty is beautiful, g.pR4Mf=Z
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. ]
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They thought they didn't know each other, tU0jFBB
nothing had ever happened between them. C}qHvwFm
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, mXs.@u/
they could have passed each other long ago IU;a$
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I would like to ask them, oA?EJ ~%
if they can remember - nJ}@9v F/
perhaps in a revolving door H[RX~Xk2E
face to face one day? 8n35lI(
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A "sorry" in the crowd? C6'K)P[p
"Wrong number" on the phone? e'MW"uCP}
- but I know the answer. o Vpq*"
No, they don't remember. qTSe_Re
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How surprised they would be #$
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for such a long time already sa TS8p z
fate has been playing with them. 14DhJUV"b
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to change into destiny, _2TL>1KZt
which brings them nearer and yet further, 24u_}ZQzY
barriering their path 55FRPNx-x
and suppressing a laugh, sC A
leaped aside. =Z ql6D
There were signs, indications, E=Vp%08(
but maybe just undecipherable. L1Jn@
Three years ago, perhaps us E%eF]
or even last Tuesday, g`C\pdX"B
this leaf flying V8#NXUg<!
from one shoulder to another? oFGWI#]ts>
Something was dropped and then picked up. >a&IFi,j
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished t.#ara{
into childhood bushes? '<s54 Cb
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There were handles, door bells, adPd}rt;
where, on the trace of a hand, L2=:Nac
another hand was placed; ( k,?)
suitcases next to one another in the zdm2`D;~p
left luggage. |nfMoUI
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, KP&xk13)
suddenly erased after waking. O7p=N8 V
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Every beginning [{`2FR:Cd
is only a sequel, after all, Q'Tg0,,S
and the book of fate '50}QY_R.
is always just half open. ,q;?zcC7
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他们都以为 TbaZFLr
是那瞬间的感觉 \!xCmQ
将他们结合在一起 Y::O*I2
这种确定的感觉很美 je5[.VT M
但那种不确定的感觉 :a^/&LbLm
却更加妙不可言 q}!h(-y}5n
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 ,Ha <lU2K
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 SF`(`h0e
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 |s;']
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 l))Q/8H
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我想问问他们 ]T'7+5w
是否记得在某个回转门 |B^Mj57DO
那个面对面的瞬间? L^r & .N\
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? XMiu}w!
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? UOk\fyD2[
但我已经知道答案了 VZq~ -$
不,他们并不记得 #wo
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他们一定会十分惊讶 YM};85 K
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 O =;jDWE
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但这运气 z DU=2c4W9
却还没有成为命运 y$_@C8?H
它曾让他们如此接近 H]pI$t3~
却又让他们擦肩而过 yIrJaS-
阻断他们之间的联系 eZaSV>27
又忍着邪恶的笑意 tc<uS%XT4^
跳着跑开了 [:FiA?O]
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 DU0/if9.
但这暗示也许过于深奥 .] sJl
可能在三年前 jj1\oyQ8
或者就在上个星期二 _'LZf=V0
不是就有一片落叶 !
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从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? NC#F:M;b
一个人的东西曾经掉落 s2#Ia>5!
又被另一个人拣起来 i'7+
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谁知道呢 D:;idUO
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 ?oFd%|I
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某个门把手上 W*t]
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或者某个门铃上 BMy3tyO
两个人的手 @phVfP"M
也许曾经放在同一个位置 'gvR?[!t
两个人的包 ocFk#FW
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 REU,"
甚至 3f] ;y<Km
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 p,goYF??
只是第二天早上起来 Fq@o_bI
却忘掉了 V`1,s~"q
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每一次开始 D2?H"PH
也许 !:^q_q4
都只是一种继续 :-B+W9'5
而两个人之间的故事 pA~}_
却永远只写了一半 eHuJFM
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