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by Wislawa Szymborska ;=oGg%@aP
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that a sudden feeling had united them z ;KUIWg
This certainty is beautiful, v:w $l{7
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. =^D{ZZw{
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They thought they didn't know each other, B'`
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nothing had ever happened between them. iT}L9\
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, ;x~[om21;
they could have passed each other long ago 4}>1I}!k
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I would like to ask them, V9r58hbVT
if they can remember - D-!#TN`Y
perhaps in a revolving door J`@#yHL
face to face one day? cc|"^-j-7
A "sorry" in the crowd? G ?&T0
"Wrong number" on the phone? 'RjMwJy{
- but I know the answer. M~ ^ {S[o
No, they don't remember. t
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How surprised they would be }5qjGD
for such a long time already r")zR,
fate has been playing with them. 2xJT!lN
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Not quite yet ready q*kieqG
to change into destiny, SjRR8p<
which brings them nearer and yet further, TR([u
barriering their path D8I)3cXa'
and suppressing a laugh, zcTY"w\b
leaped aside. OJH:k~]0!
There were signs, indications, Y
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but maybe just undecipherable. }bxx]rDl
Three years ago, perhaps `+go|
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or even last Tuesday, Q8sCI An{
this leaf flying
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from one shoulder to another? U~Ai'1?xz
Something was dropped and then picked up. [
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Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished 7L=V{,,v
into childhood bushes? }:5>1FfX=
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There were handles, door bells, x#
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where, on the trace of a hand, M+N7JpR
another hand was placed; w'b|*_Q4Q
suitcases next to one another in the m#oZu {
left luggage. 9ywPWT[^
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, .+"SDtoX
suddenly erased after waking. T'TxC)
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Every beginning =>7\s}QZ
is only a sequel, after all, ;%R+]&J
and the book of fate vj:hMPC
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is always just half open. g}hR q%
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一见钟情 Y=6b oT
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他们都以为 2 #+g4
是那瞬间的感觉 VK)K#!O8
将他们结合在一起 5_mb+A n,
这种确定的感觉很美 1Jx|0YmO
但那种不确定的感觉 wPl!}HNf
却更加妙不可言 o5N];Nj
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 vkXdKL(q
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 Va1 eG]jQ
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 Hkv4t5F
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 U*'
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我想问问他们 lj1wTiaI(
是否记得在某个回转门 h|!F'F{
那个面对面的瞬间? n+EK}=DK
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? ?CQ\94kO
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? E!4Qc+.
但我已经知道答案了 Q1Jkt
不,他们并不记得 :q2tda
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他们一定会十分惊讶 j;O{Hvvz
原来
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 USnKj_e
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但这运气 l_!.yV{
却还没有成为命运 A;sd rA
它曾让他们如此接近 &B^vHH
却又让他们擦肩而过 eqSCNYN
阻断他们之间的联系 CMIjc(m
又忍着邪恶的笑意 PUUBn"U-
跳着跑开了 P7I,xcOm
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 Cl;B%5yl
但这暗示也许过于深奥 dJ#.
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可能在三年前 !Cj1:P
或者就在上个星期二 :zC'jceO
不是就有一片落叶 TA}z3!-y*
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? >a]4}
一个人的东西曾经掉落 1:%m
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又被另一个人拣起来 <[^nD>t_
谁知道呢 6dh@DG*k
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 #EpDIL
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某个门把手上 &/J[P dSb$
或者某个门铃上 mmXLGLMd
两个人的手 |n;gGR\
也许曾经放在同一个位置 YZCPS6PuE
两个人的包 O,_2djd
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 NA`3
甚至 P'D~Y#^
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 Y"mD)\Bw?
只是第二天早上起来 ,>%AEN6N2
却忘掉了 3:a}<^DuCS
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每一次开始 B{W2D
也许 oOuhbFu
都只是一种继续
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而两个人之间的故事 EjB<`yT
却永远只写了一半 S\Qh#yFT
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