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by Wislawa Szymborska *#ccz
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that a sudden feeling had united them 5sbMp;ZM
This certainty is beautiful, QWt?` h=
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. :U^!N8i"=
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They thought they didn't know each other, ]Z/<HP$#
nothing had ever happened between them. z#qlu=
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, foh>8/AL/
they could have passed each other long ago &(H;Bin'
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I would like to ask them, 4;G:.k!K
if they can remember - :?1r.n
perhaps in a revolving door J*)Vpk
face to face one day? om$x;L6
A "sorry" in the crowd?
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"Wrong number" on the phone? XXuIWIhm
- but I know the answer. sT|$@$bN
No, they don't remember. {XC1B
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How surprised they would be {d`e9^Z:
for such a long time already S+c)
fate has been playing with them. ~udi=J|
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Not quite yet ready *E"QFirk0
to change into destiny,
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which brings them nearer and yet further, sZ`C
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barriering their path >)g`;iO
and suppressing a laugh, j$%KKl8j
leaped aside. Cx>iSx
There were signs, indications, W,</
but maybe just undecipherable. U\N|hw#f!!
Three years ago, perhaps ;XFo:?
or even last Tuesday, 4k9O6
this leaf flying U1pL
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from one shoulder to another? o(~QuHOp8>
Something was dropped and then picked up. r^3QDoy
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished %'2DEt??
into childhood bushes? j{)_&|^{
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There were handles, door bells, ,xA`Fu9^
where, on the trace of a hand, 0cV=>|b>;
another hand was placed; 9NCo0!Fb
suitcases next to one another in the 2z/qbzG7
left luggage. plL##?<D<
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, J!?hajw7N
suddenly erased after waking. x1['+!01
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Every beginning w6C0]vh
is only a sequel, after all, 8v&4eU'S
and the book of fate ia.9 5H;
is always just half open. 63b?-.!b
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他们都以为 '1?b?nVo
是那瞬间的感觉 cx?XJ)
将他们结合在一起 'gYUyl
这种确定的感觉很美 32[ lsU>1
但那种不确定的感觉 h-B&m:gD_U
却更加妙不可言 N*.JQvbnr
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 V+7x_>!&)
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 NP%Y\%;l6
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 |G.|ocj;
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 96fzSZS,
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我想问问他们 YEGRM$'`
是否记得在某个回转门 9I0}:J;7
那个面对面的瞬间? m'h`%0Tc
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? M7R.?nk
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? J!sIxwF
但我已经知道答案了 Gi})*U]P|
不,他们并不记得 %X(iAoxbj
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他们一定会十分惊讶 0rbMT`Hy
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 2CX'J8Sy
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但这运气 #T0uPK
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却还没有成为命运 $bQ[H[4l
它曾让他们如此接近 7~@q#]U[
却又让他们擦肩而过 w}="}Cb
阻断他们之间的联系 ;0lHi4 c0
又忍着邪恶的笑意 +an.z3?w
跳着跑开了 BM+v,hGY
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 _hgu:
但这暗示也许过于深奥 sqkk4w1#C
可能在三年前 uveby:dh
或者就在上个星期二 U_ j\UQC
不是就有一片落叶 Hk'D@(hS
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? p<#WueR[
一个人的东西曾经掉落 5 rpX"(
又被另一个人拣起来 feOX]g#
谁知道呢 qx3@]9
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 $[5S M>e]
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某个门把手上 -ea":}/
或者某个门铃上 EHByo[
两个人的手 HyKvDJ
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也许曾经放在同一个位置 "F
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两个人的包 qV^Z@N+,
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 };5d>#NK,Y
甚至 msKWb311u
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 wO6
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只是第二天早上起来 @BbqYX
却忘掉了 8PQKB*<dB"
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每一次开始 +C4UM9
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都只是一种继续 #l kv&.)x
而两个人之间的故事 IbFS8 *a\
却永远只写了一半 JQCQpn/
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