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by Wislawa Szymborska N0XGW_f
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They both thought ~p8!Kb6
that a sudden feeling had united them 8?(4E 'vf
This certainty is beautiful, t9=rr>8)
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. w?R6$n`
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They thought they didn't know each other, ru U|
nothing had ever happened between them. ;<* VwXJR
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, rN*4Y
they could have passed each other long ago ':fVb3A[*d
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I would like to ask them, > vahj,CZZ
if they can remember - ClEtw
perhaps in a revolving door T|=8jt,
face to face one day? ei"FN3 Rm
A "sorry" in the crowd? <vAg\Tv:S
"Wrong number" on the phone? *
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- but I know the answer. %@IR7v~
No, they don't remember. "B\qp "N
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How surprised they would be U2h?l
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for such a long time already tV T(!&(
fate has been playing with them. [k.<x'#
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Not quite yet ready #-{4 Jx
to change into destiny, -yC},tK
which brings them nearer and yet further, [#.QDe
barriering their path #]C r
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and suppressing a laugh, j#Y8h5r
leaped aside. Bkcs4 x
There were signs, indications, :${Lm&J
but maybe just undecipherable. Xl}>mbB
Three years ago, perhaps &<~`?-c
or even last Tuesday, BO1Mz=q
this leaf flying zIlQqyOQ8
from one shoulder to another? 3n,F5?!m
Something was dropped and then picked up. z,^baU
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished ;Neld #%J
into childhood bushes? P>)qN,a
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There were handles, door bells, k<AnTboa
where, on the trace of a hand, K)&AR*Tc
another hand was placed; O* 7"Q&
suitcases next to one another in the +.zriiF]i
left luggage. p!HpqW
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, aiz_6@Qfz*
suddenly erased after waking. zEa3a
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Every beginning \[Q,>{^
is only a sequel, after all, &'i>5Y
and the book of fate >8QLo8)3C
is always just half open. teET nz_L
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他们都以为 Fd0R?d
是那瞬间的感觉 q.~_vS%
将他们结合在一起 kJ{X5&,_
这种确定的感觉很美 pYH#Vh
但那种不确定的感觉 qWy(f|:hYi
却更加妙不可言 Hh,q)(Wo
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 =M>pL+#
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 C#+Gkzq
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 *i&ks>4N
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 &pV'/
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我想问问他们 /0@'8f\I
是否记得在某个回转门 ,d$V-~2,
那个面对面的瞬间? R>yoMk/u
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? ;3 O0O
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? KHI-m9(
但我已经知道答案了 Nxp7/Nn3
不,他们并不记得 EH=[!iW ;
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他们一定会十分惊讶 ]oUvC
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 }CIH1q3P
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但这运气 'H0uvvhOp
却还没有成为命运 VG_ PBG(
它曾让他们如此接近 iz.J._&
却又让他们擦肩而过 (_ HwU/
阻断他们之间的联系 3rBSwgRl
又忍着邪恶的笑意 5bKM}?=L
跳着跑开了 2<q>]G-nN
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 K&3,J7&&
但这暗示也许过于深奥 D=Jj !;
可能在三年前 98'/yZ
或者就在上个星期二 i&= I5$
不是就有一片落叶 6V-u<FJ
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? I&vD >a5#
一个人的东西曾经掉落 D<U^FT
又被另一个人拣起来 Ve)P/Zz}^
谁知道呢 MVP|l_2!
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 hg4 d]R,
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某个门把手上 zZp0g^;.?
或者某个门铃上 5nF46c
两个人的手 wz`\RHL
也许曾经放在同一个位置 kD;1+lNz
两个人的包 sE:~+C6o:
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 !>RDHu2n
甚至 \no6]xN;
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 aG_@--=
只是第二天早上起来 Bm"-X:='
却忘掉了 ,=>Ws:j
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每一次开始 ;YN`E
也许 7M8oI.?C|
都只是一种继续 f.)z_RyGd
而两个人之间的故事 R.x^
却永远只写了一半 `) y<X#[8
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