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that a sudden feeling had united them 9{Et v w
This certainty is beautiful, uHZ4
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but uncertainty is more beautiful still. 6.KEe^[-
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They thought they didn't know each other, Jh&DL8`
nothing had ever happened between them. P/1YN
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, =<Sn&uL
they could have passed each other long ago 3~3tjhw;]9
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I would like to ask them, @M-w8!.~
if they can remember - V?G%-+^
perhaps in a revolving door E' `;
face to face one day? yn]Sc<uK
A "sorry" in the crowd? Lhux~,EH
"Wrong number" on the phone? pKq[F*Lut
- but I know the answer. 4XER7c
No, they don't remember. 1?|"33\03R
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How surprised they would be >FOCdlJ#
for such a long time already Ot\[Ya''
fate has been playing with them. i?(cp["7
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Not quite yet ready .(cpYKFX
to change into destiny, 8/tB?j
which brings them nearer and yet further, #'>)?]tn
barriering their path d;gs1]E50
and suppressing a laugh, gU|:Y&lFZg
leaped aside. xcmg3:s
There were signs, indications, s6!&4=ZA
but maybe just undecipherable. "~ $i#
Three years ago, perhaps G]k[A=dg
or even last Tuesday, ]*k ~jY,
this leaf flying =gJ{75tV3
from one shoulder to another? D>W&#A8&y
Something was dropped and then picked up. fUWrR1
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished \yw5`5g
into childhood bushes? %Y;^$%X%_
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There were handles, door bells, JHm Pa
where, on the trace of a hand, $},XRo&R
another hand was placed; +
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suitcases next to one another in the :ZB.I(v
left luggage. `{>/'o
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, ,qp8Rg|3j
suddenly erased after waking. 3]JJCaf
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Every beginning ;4b=/1M'
is only a sequel, after all, ^ /G ;
and the book of fate S{&%tj~U
is always just half open. ~ <K,P
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他们都以为 nF]R"
是那瞬间的感觉 VvP: }yJ
将他们结合在一起 VUUnB<j
这种确定的感觉很美 <v'[Wl@hq
但那种不确定的感觉 nZ'jj S[!
却更加妙不可言 Nk\ni>Du3
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 /"A=Yf
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 ai?J
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 9RJ#zUK
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 oVHe<zE.
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我想问问他们 P#!gP3
是否记得在某个回转门
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那个面对面的瞬间? VV$#<D<)
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? j?o6>j
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? W>+`e]z
但我已经知道答案了 RiR],Sj
不,他们并不记得 x!s=Nola
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他们一定会十分惊讶 9QHj$)?k,
原来 P~!,"rY
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 MLTS<pW/
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但这运气 GQYn |vm
却还没有成为命运 ]5a3e+
它曾让他们如此接近 fP4P'eI
却又让他们擦肩而过 `.~S/$a.&
阻断他们之间的联系 P(@Q[XQ2
又忍着邪恶的笑意 N&
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跳着跑开了 \ Qx%76
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 {#?|&n<
但这暗示也许过于深奥 [+b8
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可能在三年前 #0h}{y
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或者就在上个星期二 a)r["*bTx
不是就有一片落叶 hTEb?1CXU
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? [6g$;SicT
一个人的东西曾经掉落 4Lk<5Ho
又被另一个人拣起来 J^#g?RHN>m
谁知道呢 \DE,
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也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 C"5P7F{
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某个门把手上 i qxMTH#!
或者某个门铃上 xa]yq%
两个人的手 yId1J
也许曾经放在同一个位置 Y[PC<-fyf
两个人的包
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也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 {Z <`@\K3
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 #=)>,6Zw
只是第二天早上起来 Zi]E!Tgn
却忘掉了 Tzjv-9^V
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每一次开始 alzdYiGf
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都只是一种继续 oKz!Xu%Hl
而两个人之间的故事 ,']CqhL6=R
却永远只写了一半 NA0Z~Ug>
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