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that a sudden feeling had united them =' uePM")
This certainty is beautiful, 7-:R{&3Lm:
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. l^F ?^kP
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They thought they didn't know each other, 50_[n$tqE
nothing had ever happened between them. plL|Ubn
These streets, these stairs, this corridors,
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they could have passed each other long ago wg%g(FO
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I would like to ask them, 0vETg'r
if they can remember - vjjVZ
perhaps in a revolving door FFa =/XB"
face to face one day? `AYq,3V
A "sorry" in the crowd? }@eIO|
"Wrong number" on the phone? :*f 2Bn
- but I know the answer. m/z,MT74*J
No, they don't remember. w 5 yOSz
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How surprised they would be &1(- 8z*
for such a long time already X NgcBSD
fate has been playing with them. U0gZf5;*
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Not quite yet ready 8~tX>q<@q
to change into destiny, K!]a+M]>
which brings them nearer and yet further, k&2=-qgVR
barriering their path Kci. ,I
and suppressing a laugh, G54J'*Z
leaped aside. `78Bv>[A
There were signs, indications, ~)^'5^
but maybe just undecipherable. 8N%nG(
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Three years ago, perhaps |BbzRis
or even last Tuesday, )adV`V%=>
this leaf flying `^52IkM)
from one shoulder to another? [Ur\^wS
Something was dropped and then picked up. Y{D%v
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished ~wa6S?
into childhood bushes? Z:dp/M}
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There were handles, door bells, Y=p!xr>
where, on the trace of a hand, h);^4cU
another hand was placed; DmpT<SI+!
suitcases next to one another in the H1I^Vij
left luggage. y~fKLIoz"
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, Wl |5EY
suddenly erased after waking. As< B8e]
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Every beginning V\o7KF
is only a sequel, after all, V:$+$"|
and the book of fate RFMPh<Ac
is always just half open. =e4 r=I
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他们都以为 )\|+G5#`
是那瞬间的感觉 ]QhTxrF"
将他们结合在一起 W7^[W.
这种确定的感觉很美 Xx"<^FS[zC
但那种不确定的感觉 -~mgct5
却更加妙不可言 $#q`Y+;L2
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 1h&`mqY)L.
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 ?3=G'Ip5n
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 %WgN+A0
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 b~J)LXj]w
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我想问问他们 fes s6=k
是否记得在某个回转门 @eJCr)#}
那个面对面的瞬间? <.Ws; HN}
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? 1Y|a:){G
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? j-":>}oW2.
但我已经知道答案了 &3BoK/y3
不,他们并不记得 |'q%9#
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他们一定会十分惊讶 ZEAUoC1E1
原来 SVZocTt
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 qOwql(vX
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但这运气 |^6{3a
却还没有成为命运 EU$.{C_O(
它曾让他们如此接近 ^U}k
却又让他们擦肩而过 t:2v`uk
阻断他们之间的联系 z3Q&O$5\
又忍着邪恶的笑意 .\n` 4A1z
跳着跑开了 +n)n6}S
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 U[@y8yN6M
但这暗示也许过于深奥 qhEv6Yxfw6
可能在三年前 p+CUYo(
或者就在上个星期二 fSkDD>&
不是就有一片落叶 i"WYcF|
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? wI$a1H
一个人的东西曾经掉落 FEaT}/h;
又被另一个人拣起来 =l/6-j^
谁知道呢 #z|Q $
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 l3>S{
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某个门把手上 AcC &Q:g
或者某个门铃上 yD7BZI
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也许曾经放在同一个位置 tAdE<).!
两个人的包 _)M,p@!?=h
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 F$C6( C?
甚至 |eqBCZn
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 \D7bTn
只是第二天早上起来 :?>7Z6
却忘掉了 CD$#}Id
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每一次开始 #Wk=y?sn
也许 e-nA>v
都只是一种继续 Y%pab/Y
而两个人之间的故事 -8Jw_
却永远只写了一半 ghk=` !yKw
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