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that a sudden feeling had united them ;f?OT7>kN
This certainty is beautiful, d^ipf*aLC
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. t^8#~o!%
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They thought they didn't know each other, d>@{!c-
nothing had ever happened between them. .a;-7|x
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, T1n GBl\(
they could have passed each other long ago * fSa8CV
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I would like to ask them, #xYkG5`lm
if they can remember - ],H%u2GE_
perhaps in a revolving door 8 Sl[&
face to face one day? 0<nKB}9
A "sorry" in the crowd? YX^{lD1Jj
"Wrong number" on the phone? q/Q^\HTk
- but I know the answer. tSYeZ~
No, they don't remember. wKk
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How surprised they would be A
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for such a long time already <u->hT
fate has been playing with them. )I1LBvfQ
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Not quite yet ready p7.@ez ;
to change into destiny, Q>TaaGc
which brings them nearer and yet further, <@F4{*
barriering their path ? 1Z\=s
and suppressing a laugh, tE>3.0U0Q
leaped aside. 2q2w o&uK
There were signs, indications, KC }B\~ +
but maybe just undecipherable. S:Yo9~
Three years ago, perhaps 8f8+3
or even last Tuesday, -7=pb#y
this leaf flying Kz$Ijj
from one shoulder to another? +Tq
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Something was dropped and then picked up. ip1jY!
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished bpUN8BI[T
into childhood bushes? F4bF&% R
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There were handles, door bells, eRVu/TY
where, on the trace of a hand, pKr3(5~
another hand was placed; JXPn
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suitcases next to one another in the @o;m!CYB
left luggage. .~b6wi&n
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, f fE%{B?
suddenly erased after waking. "_H&