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They both thought K!]/(V(}
that a sudden feeling had united them @oad,=R&
This certainty is beautiful, ivz5H(b
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. 13=.H5
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They thought they didn't know each other, @{pLk4E
nothing had ever happened between them.
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These streets, these stairs, this corridors, E\2%E@0#
they could have passed each other long ago CC^'@~)?
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I would like to ask them, Bng@-#`/
if they can remember - RlDn0s
perhaps in a revolving door [,KXze_m
face to face one day? *U\`CXn;
A "sorry" in the crowd? Q&|\r
"Wrong number" on the phone? !1Cy$}w
- but I know the answer. q\527^ZM
No, they don't remember. Q'mM3pq4r
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How surprised they would be 3gj+%%!G\
for such a long time already N<KS(@v
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fate has been playing with them. y
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Not quite yet ready (41|'eB\\
to change into destiny, %\Mo-Ow!\
which brings them nearer and yet further, DXK}-4"\
barriering their path Ktm4 A O
and suppressing a laugh, fn6J*[`
leaped aside. \qK&q
There were signs, indications, 2Jmz(cH%
but maybe just undecipherable. [o5Hl^
Three years ago, perhaps ; XN{x
or even last Tuesday, 8d-t|HkN
this leaf flying M b1sF
from one shoulder to another? 1!T1Y,w
Something was dropped and then picked up. xZF}D/S?Ov
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished P0PWJ^+,+
into childhood bushes? <)-Sj,
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There were handles, door bells, gH7|=W
where, on the trace of a hand, ^vO+(p
another hand was placed; s)Cjc.Qs
suitcases next to one another in the -FQ 'agf@&
left luggage. 1.9}_4!
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, *m,k(/>
suddenly erased after waking. YLE!m?
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is only a sequel, after all, s '\Uap
and the book of fate
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is always just half open. MsGM5(r:b
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他们都以为 aAMVsE{
是那瞬间的感觉 QTXt8I
将他们结合在一起 V<uR>TD(
这种确定的感觉很美 5VAK:eB
但那种不确定的感觉 \(Y\|zC'0$
却更加妙不可言 m~d]a$KQ5-
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 sCk?
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 #& Rw&
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 91g2A|
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 Vq?p|wy
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我想问问他们 q):5JXql~
是否记得在某个回转门 ?Yk.$90
那个面对面的瞬间? ?ztkE62t
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? j=aI9p
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? FZ,#0ZYJGP
但我已经知道答案了 o`P%&
不,他们并不记得 +M$Q
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他们一定会十分惊讶 `a/%W4
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 -w_QJ_z_
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但这运气 ZR]25Yy
却还没有成为命运 OFv%B/O
它曾让他们如此接近 IS
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却又让他们擦肩而过 48qV>Gwf
阻断他们之间的联系 ;y\IqiA{o
又忍着邪恶的笑意 ,5,!es@`b
跳着跑开了 s1NKLt
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 }w<7.I
但这暗示也许过于深奥 ytoo~n
可能在三年前 WDPb!-VT
或者就在上个星期二 dEA6
不是就有一片落叶 DhT>']Z
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? e<h~o!za
一个人的东西曾经掉落
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又被另一个人拣起来 t&CJ%XP
谁知道呢 D+z?wuXk
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 >JCM.I0_|
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某个门把手上 +W\f(/ q0
或者某个门铃上 4 G-wd
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也许曾经放在同一个位置 DRgTe&+
两个人的包 &LVn6zAba
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 "4H
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 I'iGt~4$
只是第二天早上起来 #Av.iAs
却忘掉了 qX
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每一次开始 &n?^$LTPY
也许 : b~6i%b
都只是一种继续 M9@ri ^x
而两个人之间的故事 rKf-+6Na
却永远只写了一半 *"n vX2iz
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