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by Wislawa Szymborska 0!-'4+"
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They both thought 0W0GSDx
that a sudden feeling had united them 3!
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This certainty is beautiful, ;A4qE W
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. |a#=o}R_
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They thought they didn't know each other, -AD@wn!wCJ
nothing had ever happened between them. K@<*m!%<2
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, _TLspqi
they could have passed each other long ago Nw9@E R
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I would like to ask them, 7]} I
if they can remember - R?zlZS.~
perhaps in a revolving door idB1%?<
face to face one day? eL>wKu:r
A "sorry" in the crowd? p5jR;nOZ%l
"Wrong number" on the phone? j!@T@
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- but I know the answer. ~/X8Hy!-
No, they don't remember. Siq]Ii0F;>
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How surprised they would be >?1GJ5]\s
for such a long time already ^KdT,^6T
fate has been playing with them. fF(AvMsO
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Not quite yet ready ep~+]7\
to change into destiny, ber&!9
which brings them nearer and yet further, @<3E`j'p
barriering their path DXG`% <ZMn
and suppressing a laugh, X~UL$S;
leaped aside. '<3h8\"
There were signs, indications, ,ss"s3
but maybe just undecipherable. whYk"N
Three years ago, perhaps wK0x\V6dJ
or even last Tuesday, (kVY\!UAt
this leaf flying BYu(a
from one shoulder to another? >|, <9z`D
Something was dropped and then picked up. P4HoKoj2`
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished 7m
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into childhood bushes? <jh7G
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There were handles, door bells, D_?Tj
where, on the trace of a hand, ZR
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another hand was placed; KTt+}-vP^
suitcases next to one another in the !zt>& t
left luggage. `-%dHvB^R
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, g4=C]\1
suddenly erased after waking. IqV" 4
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is only a sequel, after all, q_6lD~~q^
and the book of fate [ )
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is always just half open. |||m5(`S
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他们都以为 vmEn$`&2t
是那瞬间的感觉 H\V?QDn
将他们结合在一起 .71ZeLv*
这种确定的感觉很美 gaQ E'qp>
但那种不确定的感觉 o2B|r`R
却更加妙不可言 S !#5
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 @54$IhhT~
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 x&^Xgi?
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 Uj\t04
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 M*bsA/Z
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我想问问他们 2+I5VPf
是否记得在某个回转门 [u;(4sa}
那个面对面的瞬间? H>D sAHS
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? .wp[uLE
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? cLp_\\
但我已经知道答案了 y\j[\UZKO
不,他们并不记得 G~DHNO6
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他们一定会十分惊讶 [T4{K&
原来 JBA{i45x
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 rz,,ku4qt
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但这运气 ks sRwe%>;
却还没有成为命运 ?*$uj(
它曾让他们如此接近 {ZSAPq4)L
却又让他们擦肩而过 n|? sNM<J3
阻断他们之间的联系 \a7m!v
又忍着邪恶的笑意 IJKdVb~
跳着跑开了 c~/poFj
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 S"@6,
但这暗示也许过于深奥 5FuV=Y uc
可能在三年前 J/D~]U
或者就在上个星期二 B_iaty
不是就有一片落叶 ={v(me0ZPb
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? U\ ,N
一个人的东西曾经掉落 JL!^R_b&c
又被另一个人拣起来 \D'mo
谁知道呢 </
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也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 N%'(8%;
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某个门把手上 $L( ,lB
或者某个门铃上 mE1Vr
两个人的手 =SuJ*
也许曾经放在同一个位置 @YRy)+
两个人的包 3QKBuo
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 5 (!F Q
甚至 ?u&|'ASo
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 7[0Mr,^
只是第二天早上起来 =w;-4
却忘掉了 -xLK/QAL
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每一次开始 a#+$.e5
也许 j@#RfVx
都只是一种继续 Z
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而两个人之间的故事 y${`W94
却永远只写了一半 -hfkF+=U'
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