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by Wislawa Szymborska a9T@$:
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that a sudden feeling had united them :OkT? (i
This certainty is beautiful, j8n4fv-)f
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. A5H3%o(6k
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They thought they didn't know each other, \igmv]G%
nothing had ever happened between them. T<L^N+<,{N
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, Pf_S[
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they could have passed each other long ago E-{^E. w1
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I would like to ask them, bg3"W,bv%
if they can remember - $YXMI",tt<
perhaps in a revolving door kdCP
face to face one day?
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A "sorry" in the crowd? 0k'e:AjP
"Wrong number" on the phone? Ezi-VGjr]
- but I know the answer. ynB _"mg
No, they don't remember. ^m/oDB-
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How surprised they would be Hsihytdj
for such a long time already :UbM !
fate has been playing with them. v0kqu
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Not quite yet ready K^ 3co
to change into destiny, ^<:sdv>Y5
which brings them nearer and yet further, GV^i`r^"
barriering their path C-?%uF
and suppressing a laugh, H> '>3]G
leaped aside. Hzhceeh_+
There were signs, indications, e+]6OV&+
but maybe just undecipherable. DwV4o^J:l
Three years ago, perhaps `zR+ tbm
or even last Tuesday, 5hbJOo0BZ
this leaf flying h8X g`C\
from one shoulder to another? )
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Something was dropped and then picked up. e{A9r@p!
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished +MB!B9M@
into childhood bushes? b-Z4
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There were handles, door bells, 90#
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where, on the trace of a hand, dDD<E?TjD
another hand was placed; #9m$ N
suitcases next to one another in the 3GmeD/6
left luggage. %',F
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, +,&O1ykY
suddenly erased after waking. )$&dg2[
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Every beginning SR8qt z/V
is only a sequel, after all, #k$)i[aI-
and the book of fate 1N\D5g3
is always just half open. c=;:R0_'t
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一见钟情 =B ];?%
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他们都以为 *1'`"D~
是那瞬间的感觉 QnI.zq
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将他们结合在一起 >?]_<:
这种确定的感觉很美 y?)}8T^
但那种不确定的感觉 enTW0U}
却更加妙不可言 5PIZh<
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 yE\wj
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 pCu!l#J
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 IF +i3#$
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 6ATtW+sN ]
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我想问问他们 #-Z8Z
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是否记得在某个回转门 kJAn4I.l
那个面对面的瞬间? ycJg%]F*5
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? tj*y)28-
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? /?6gdN
但我已经知道答案了 ]O
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不,他们并不记得 E_1="&p
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他们一定会十分惊讶 EQe5JFR
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 GI7=xh
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但这运气 |3{&@7
却还没有成为命运 \@~UDP]7
它曾让他们如此接近 (5<^p&
却又让他们擦肩而过 K?4FT$9G
阻断他们之间的联系 /U$8TT8+-
又忍着邪恶的笑意 45@]:2j
跳着跑开了 5y}
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 0fs$#j
但这暗示也许过于深奥 >qo~d?+
可能在三年前 7yt=]1
或者就在上个星期二 m7%C#+67
不是就有一片落叶 d"U(`E=H9
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? #g5^SR|qE
一个人的东西曾经掉落 o\`>c:.
又被另一个人拣起来 +zkm(
谁知道呢 gr-x|wK
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 y\F=ui
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某个门把手上 %5
或者某个门铃上 *8ExRQZ$
两个人的手 `*\{.;,]#
也许曾经放在同一个位置 l12$l<x&M
两个人的包 m~],nl
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 S)A'Y]2X
甚至 H<ZU#U0FZf
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 (shK
只是第二天早上起来 >?YNW
却忘掉了 {6d b{ ay_
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每一次开始 |c2v%'J2G
也许 8@M'[jT
都只是一种继续 np WEop>
而两个人之间的故事 vtMJ@!MN;
却永远只写了一半 ]]cYLaq(
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