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They both thought CO^Jz
that a sudden feeling had united them cCiI{
This certainty is beautiful, ~R]35Cp-#
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. "A3dvr
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They thought they didn't know each other, 2e1]}wlK
nothing had ever happened between them. x83a!9
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, )oU)}asY
they could have passed each other long ago 2.lgT|p
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I would like to ask them, PaO-J&<
if they can remember - qlsQ|/'D
perhaps in a revolving door O1P=#l iYX
face to face one day? 7G93,dJ
A "sorry" in the crowd? j9R6ta3\l
"Wrong number" on the phone? `tEo]p
- but I know the answer. ^G|98yc!'
No, they don't remember. xT*d/Oa w
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How surprised they would be 6bO~/mpWT~
for such a long time already {Wv%zA*8
fate has been playing with them. >v+jh(^
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Not quite yet ready \9{F5Sz
to change into destiny, 6GL=)0Ah
which brings them nearer and yet further, e3[:D5
barriering their path T~xwo
and suppressing a laugh, 3
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leaped aside. oxz{ ejd{
There were signs, indications, kc$)^E7
but maybe just undecipherable. r"{<%e
Three years ago, perhaps pyZ9OA!PD
or even last Tuesday, ~DF:lqwWP
this leaf flying TNwKda+
from one shoulder to another? $m| V :/
Something was dropped and then picked up. v;EQ, NL
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished <a^Oj LLU
into childhood bushes? \3XqHf3|o
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There were handles, door bells, jd-glE,Y/
where, on the trace of a hand, K^[#]+nQ
another hand was placed; ;xYNX
suitcases next to one another in the s!+
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left luggage. ?]O7Ao
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, e}yX_Z'P<
suddenly erased after waking. HMGB>
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Every beginning FnFb[I@eu
is only a sequel, after all, G"SBYU
and the book of fate
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is always just half open. NjuiD].
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一见钟情 0s#Kp49-
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他们都以为 BJ}D%nm}
是那瞬间的感觉 P9Q~r<7n
将他们结合在一起 .)tSg
这种确定的感觉很美 ]T:;Vo
但那种不确定的感觉 f9u^ R=Ff[
却更加妙不可言 c=O,;lWFqm
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 K=::)/{P
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 hqvE!Of
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 _fk#<
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 )cJ#-M2
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我想问问他们 hfWFD,
是否记得在某个回转门 `>C<}xO
那个面对面的瞬间? 2x]>l?
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拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? "SxLN
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或者电话里的一句「打错了」? K>Fqf
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但我已经知道答案了 K5>p89mZ
不,他们并不记得 tRb]7 z
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他们一定会十分惊讶 SLL3v,P(7
原来 4BL;FO
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 N2r/ho}8
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但这运气 op2Of<{h
却还没有成为命运 F9"w6;hh
它曾让他们如此接近 xM >W2
却又让他们擦肩而过 ZUm?*.g\^
阻断他们之间的联系 \>. LW9
又忍着邪恶的笑意 M9\#Aq&\i
跳着跑开了 }|OaL*|u
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 Bq\F?zk<
但这暗示也许过于深奥 g#]" hn
可能在三年前 Jzji&A~
或者就在上个星期二 f"[J"j8
不是就有一片落叶 *D}0[|O
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? 7cP@jj
一个人的东西曾经掉落 <*ZJaBwWU~
又被另一个人拣起来 4rT*tW"U
谁知道呢 `3H4Ajzcc
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 !^#jwRpeN
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某个门把手上 7w:ef0S
或者某个门铃上 .~A*=
两个人的手 GYxM0~:$k
也许曾经放在同一个位置 SvM6iZ]
两个人的包 S_MyoXV
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 jd]s<C3o
甚至 "xI"
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 aimarU
只是第二天早上起来 6k{2 +P
却忘掉了 ,_aM`%q?Fj
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每一次开始 N[]Hc
也许 j`'`)3f
都只是一种继续 T3UMCqc=
而两个人之间的故事 QZp6YSz.4
却永远只写了一半 : JzI>/
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