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by Wislawa Szymborska U8?mc
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that a sudden feeling had united them rb.N~
This certainty is beautiful, $UWZDD
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. 6bC3O4Rw
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They thought they didn't know each other,
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nothing had ever happened between them. -Q*gW2KmV
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, 5t]H?b8
they could have passed each other long ago a1lh-2xX
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I would like to ask them, ,f>k%_U}
if they can remember - Y:[u1~a
perhaps in a revolving door u*`GiZAO
face to face one day? 8lrpve
A "sorry" in the crowd? &h/Xku&0
"Wrong number" on the phone? :"c*s4
- but I know the answer. TvbE2Q;/UL
No, they don't remember. DvvK^+-~
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How surprised they would be onzxx4bax
for such a long time already f+!(k)GWd
fate has been playing with them. k9!{IScq
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Not quite yet ready q_58;Bv
to change into destiny, (!WD1w
which brings them nearer and yet further, nNn:-
barriering their path kffcm/
and suppressing a laugh, ~]2K^bh8&
leaped aside. ~9@UjQ^)F
There were signs, indications, kxv1Hn"`{E
but maybe just undecipherable. .ioEIs g
Three years ago, perhaps xy;;zOh`
or even last Tuesday, R\[e!g*I
this leaf flying sPIn|d
from one shoulder to another?
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Something was dropped and then picked up. 3!]rmZ-W
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished (GfZ*
into childhood bushes? =Xr.'(U
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There were handles, door bells, gPPkT"
where, on the trace of a hand, RA
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another hand was placed; @q)d
suitcases next to one another in the lThB2/tV\
left luggage. j8sH|{H!Nq
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, 8":Q)9;%
suddenly erased after waking. O=7CMbS3
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is only a sequel, after all, w}L[u
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and the book of fate tCt#%7J;a
is always just half open. eaU
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一见钟情 ?:0Jav
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他们都以为 dR]m8mdqc1
是那瞬间的感觉 pQB."[n
将他们结合在一起 h<QY5=SF
这种确定的感觉很美 V0mn4sfs
但那种不确定的感觉 ]`WJOx4
却更加妙不可言 1'8YkhQ2a
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 5z)~\;[ -
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 } Q+|W=2t
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 JBZ@'8eqi]
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 F#E3q|Q"BS
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我想问问他们 JucY[`|JV
是否记得在某个回转门 y@yD5$/
那个面对面的瞬间? 8&dF
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? <#4h}_xA%
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? HZZn'u
但我已经知道答案了 w0unS`\4
不,他们并不记得 $*m-R*kt
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他们一定会十分惊讶 ^iYj[~
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 S+lqA-:
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但这运气 lp8v0e4
却还没有成为命运 dj%!I:Q>u
它曾让他们如此接近 <1!O1ab
却又让他们擦肩而过 A3*!"3nU
阻断他们之间的联系 X@FN|Rdh
又忍着邪恶的笑意 8 Fbo3
跳着跑开了 hi[pVk~B)
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 Flb&B1
但这暗示也许过于深奥 ],].zlN
可能在三年前 EoDA]6?Lj
或者就在上个星期二 %&bY]w
不是就有一片落叶 ,hmL/K0"(5
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? &)<)^.@3G^
一个人的东西曾经掉落 sDV Q#}a
又被另一个人拣起来 Cgc\
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谁知道呢 =2x^nW
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 w4Z'K&