Love at First Sight
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by Wislawa Szymborska eW8{],B
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that a sudden feeling had united them 7G*rxn"d
This certainty is beautiful, j}`ku9S~
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. s@GE(Pu7
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They thought they didn't know each other, ma!C:C9#J
nothing had ever happened between them. Ts3!mjn
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, 7oc Ng
they could have passed each other long ago "]Uj _d
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I would like to ask them, f8V
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if they can remember - {u9n?Z%
perhaps in a revolving door hh5h \ZI%
face to face one day? 4\k{E-x $
A "sorry" in the crowd? m,J
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"Wrong number" on the phone? :(.:bf
- but I know the answer. I+S fZ:q^
No, they don't remember. <#199`R
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How surprised they would be D>o u,
for such a long time already qR_Np5nHF
fate has been playing with them. }Kp$/CYd
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Not quite yet ready @F*z/E}e
to change into destiny, 3orL;(.G
which brings them nearer and yet further, 5|>ms)[RQ
barriering their path r`.Bj0
and suppressing a laugh, j]`hy"
leaped aside. pGF;,h>
There were signs, indications, }_}
but maybe just undecipherable. )EQI>1_
Three years ago, perhaps m-+>h:1b|9
or even last Tuesday, FP7N^HVBG=
this leaf flying [O|c3;
from one shoulder to another? aY;34SF
Something was dropped and then picked up. "gzn%k[D9m
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished vu}U2 0@
into childhood bushes? o?~27
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There were handles, door bells, -dN`Ok<g
where, on the trace of a hand, ~l.C-
another hand was placed; Z_<NUPE
suitcases next to one another in the +2}Ar<elP
left luggage. 2V$Jn8v,`{
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, Ey%[t
suddenly erased after waking. .sOZ "=tW
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Every beginning "}ur"bU1
is only a sequel, after all, gB+CM?
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and the book of fate ~E_irzOFP
is always just half open. k6GQH@y!
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一见钟情 0;,Y_61
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他们都以为 7;C~>WlU
是那瞬间的感觉 3RxR'M1
将他们结合在一起 )"|wWu
这种确定的感觉很美 nD>X?yz2
但那种不确定的感觉 k.Gt}\6zP
却更加妙不可言 oL }d=x/
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 B|+%ExT7
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 yd'cLZd<}
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 B#.xs>{N
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 M?hPlo"_
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我想问问他们 rM6S%rS
是否记得在某个回转门 +u t%C.1
那个面对面的瞬间? pU,\ &3N
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? n<HF]
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? kK
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但我已经知道答案了 \IzZJGi
不,他们并不记得 qoZAZ&|HI
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他们一定会十分惊讶 D+oV( Pw,
原来 {ehYE ^%N
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 x^Qij!mB%
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但这运气 0"+QWh
却还没有成为命运 ;- Vs|X
它曾让他们如此接近 hp}rCy|01
却又让他们擦肩而过 MrOtsX
阻断他们之间的联系 ^L
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又忍着邪恶的笑意 V \FlKC
跳着跑开了 W~i0.rg|>
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 vl|3WYA
但这暗示也许过于深奥 z~v-8aw
可能在三年前 <5CQ#^cK
或者就在上个星期二 e%{7CR'~TD
不是就有一片落叶 @Eh(GZN
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? XRyeEwA;pp
一个人的东西曾经掉落 m9jjKu]|
又被另一个人拣起来 3W.D^^)eCV
谁知道呢 d~QJ}a
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 IF//bgk-
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某个门把手上 2(e;pM2Dq
或者某个门铃上 Y2N$&]O{
两个人的手 9c1q:>|
也许曾经放在同一个位置 {4p7r7n'
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也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 L ]BTX]
甚至 73tjDO7d
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 P>x88M
只是第二天早上起来 @wP.Rd
却忘掉了 _n4`mL8>kH
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每一次开始 akHQ&+[j
也许 |L-- j
都只是一种继续 Aqg$q* Y
而两个人之间的故事 CPP9=CoR37
却永远只写了一半 SL^%Zh/~
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