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They both thought Zkf0p9h\
that a sudden feeling had united them DfKr[cqLM
This certainty is beautiful,
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but uncertainty is more beautiful still. ]n-:Yv5 W
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They thought they didn't know each other, qpXWi
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nothing had ever happened between them. (dv]=5""
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, a5w:u5
they could have passed each other long ago 'MY/*k7:
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I would like to ask them, v%ioj0,
if they can remember - GH[wv<
perhaps in a revolving door gynh#&r
face to face one day? ZI=v.wa
A "sorry" in the crowd? <ZB1Vi9}8
"Wrong number" on the phone? -I=l8m6L
- but I know the answer. }*L(;r)q
No, they don't remember. <qGu7y"
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How surprised they would be 9*a=iL*Nw
for such a long time already h9eMcCU
fate has been playing with them. []D@Q+1
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Not quite yet ready :>=\. \
to change into destiny, Q1+dCCY#F
which brings them nearer and yet further, v;)..X30
barriering their path @9"J|}
and suppressing a laugh, y:6; LZ9[
leaped aside. _8E/)M
There were signs, indications, Qubp9C#r
but maybe just undecipherable. ^#sU*trr
Three years ago, perhaps Dtj&W<NXo
or even last Tuesday, G.UI|r/Kz
this leaf flying gg8Uo G
from one shoulder to another? ghRVso(
Something was dropped and then picked up. F>rH^F
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished e2A-;4?_
into childhood bushes? k5T,990
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There were handles, door bells, 5;HH4?]p
where, on the trace of a hand, Gy(=706
another hand was placed; 87YyDWTn
suitcases next to one another in the )+6MK(<"
left luggage. ->V<DZK
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, y`=]T>X&x
suddenly erased after waking. S;-
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Every beginning GN2Sn`;
is only a sequel, after all, lg&t8FHa;
and the book of fate pfI"36]F
is always just half open. aca=yDs2
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他们都以为 \*<d{gZ~
是那瞬间的感觉 &oX>*6L
将他们结合在一起 ^cuc.g)c$?
这种确定的感觉很美 d}4Y(
但那种不确定的感觉 ZEx}$<)_
却更加妙不可言 Ll4g[8
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 - RU=z!{
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 )<tI!I][j
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 S@/IQR
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 a5TioQ
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我想问问他们 G2T|RT$_K
是否记得在某个回转门 n~V ]Z
那个面对面的瞬间? .~7FyLl$
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? ?)ONf#4Y
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? :Cj OPl
但我已经知道答案了 (R("H/6xs
不,他们并不记得 53n^3M,qK
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他们一定会十分惊讶 qO|R^De
原来 !/]WrGqbS
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 |mw.qI|
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但这运气 XSyHk"g`
却还没有成为命运 m+T;O/lG0{
它曾让他们如此接近 e-EUf
却又让他们擦肩而过 D1=((`v
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阻断他们之间的联系 ys kO
又忍着邪恶的笑意 Z'7
跳着跑开了 P`cq H(
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 I<6P;
但这暗示也许过于深奥 ~G6Ox)/
可能在三年前 Vo'T!e- B
或者就在上个星期二 2|*JSU.I
不是就有一片落叶
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从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? GVYkJ0,
一个人的东西曾经掉落 Yz+ZY
又被另一个人拣起来 rr02pM0
谁知道呢 M,\:<kNI
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球
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某个门把手上 Rx=>6,)'
或者某个门铃上 lUMS;H(
两个人的手 oV|4V:G q
也许曾经放在同一个位置 \6 Zr
两个人的包 [rV>57`YD
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 4p,EBn9(
甚至 '|8} z4/g
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 %2{%Obp'
只是第二天早上起来 |#cm`v
却忘掉了 =V-|#j
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每一次开始 FwkuC09tI
也许 HOJs[mqB%
都只是一种继续 `3WFjU5a
而两个人之间的故事 P"8~$ P#
却永远只写了一半 kr9*,E9cv
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