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They both thought Uy$?B"Z
that a sudden feeling had united them 9j$ J}=y
This certainty is beautiful, s5oU
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. yu=(m~KX
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They thought they didn't know each other, D=~3N
nothing had ever happened between them. S{JBV@@tC
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, -nk0Q_7N
they could have passed each other long ago p;LF-R
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I would like to ask them, ''B}^yKEW
if they can remember - g;!,2,De}
perhaps in a revolving door L_fiE3G|>
face to face one day? X1GM\*BE
A "sorry" in the crowd? 0zXF{5Up
"Wrong number" on the phone? kSO:xS0 _N
- but I know the answer. ^vo]bq7
No, they don't remember. $e,'<Jl
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How surprised they would be DZV U!J
for such a long time already # |,c3$
fate has been playing with them. NV9H"fI
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Not quite yet ready 7R>Pk9J
to change into destiny, @%[
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which brings them nearer and yet further, r#WAS2.TP
barriering their path r~T3Ieb
and suppressing a laugh, 41\V;yib
leaped aside. ?.,2EC=+
There were signs, indications, w(nQ:;oC
but maybe just undecipherable. Y !AQ7F
Three years ago, perhaps 7)y
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or even last Tuesday, .0]Odf:@
this leaf flying 1)ZdkTF@H
from one shoulder to another? r<-@.$lf
Something was dropped and then picked up. #l_hiD`;r
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished /` 4B-Y4M4
into childhood bushes? k_7agW
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There were handles, door bells, }G1hB#j
where, on the trace of a hand, XN~r d,MZ%
another hand was placed; 5w@Q %'o`I
suitcases next to one another in the 4AuJ1Z
left luggage. <k-hRs2d
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, $|}PL[aA#
suddenly erased after waking. }B2qtb3
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Every beginning pc/]t^]p
is only a sequel, after all, #[NNb?`F
and the book of fate VseeU;q
is always just half open. BI0 A0
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他们都以为 v6+<F;G3y>
是那瞬间的感觉 wM&WR2
将他们结合在一起 k^r-~q+NV#
这种确定的感觉很美 #BX^"J{~
但那种不确定的感觉 $nW^Gqwj]1
却更加妙不可言 6O'6,%#
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 /S&8%fb
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 [;hCwj#
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 _hs\"W
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 Y!lc/[8
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我想问问他们 dE|luN~
是否记得在某个回转门 ,5t h D
那个面对面的瞬间? -XARew
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? +
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或者电话里的一句「打错了」? /a:L"7z
但我已经知道答案了 XpibI3:<
不,他们并不记得 xzTF| Z\
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他们一定会十分惊讶 nV&v@g4Tt
原来 9U~sRj=D
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 Z;nUS,?om
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但这运气 2K$#U|Qi
却还没有成为命运 dNgjM
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它曾让他们如此接近 L\("
却又让他们擦肩而过 :Y2J7p[+
阻断他们之间的联系 sn.&|)?Fi
又忍着邪恶的笑意 L64cCP*
跳着跑开了 X"3Za[9j
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 ]~-vU{
但这暗示也许过于深奥 "4e{Cq
可能在三年前 OFcqouGE
或者就在上个星期二 rLOdQN
不是就有一片落叶 5RhP^:i@C
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? +2S#3m?1
一个人的东西曾经掉落 )90K^$93"
又被另一个人拣起来 R
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谁知道呢 7T}r]C.
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 o!ycVY$yW
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某个门把手上 {Qr0pjE7R
或者某个门铃上 [p[C45d=<
两个人的手 vQIN#;m4
也许曾经放在同一个位置 Qv>rww]
两个人的包 IYk^eG:;
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 K5SP8<.
甚至 ?^H1X-;
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 Jdp@3mP
只是第二天早上起来 o:"^@3
却忘掉了 k=):>}
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每一次开始 S2*ER
也许 _F9O4Q4
都只是一种继续 *QT|J6ng
而两个人之间的故事 hXx.
却永远只写了一半 K7N.gT*4
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