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by Wislawa Szymborska tL;.vRx
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that a sudden feeling had united them C)i8XX
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but uncertainty is more beautiful still. jSvq1$U
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They thought they didn't know each other, [n/c7Pe
nothing had ever happened between them. /
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These streets, these stairs, this corridors, S'|PA7a}h
they could have passed each other long ago o NA ]G]
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I would like to ask them, /d|:
if they can remember - i9Bh<j>:J
perhaps in a revolving door j"~"-E(79
face to face one day? ~{{S<S
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A "sorry" in the crowd? x#SE%j?
"Wrong number" on the phone? jRiMWolLv
- but I know the answer. EgPL+qL
No, they don't remember. ~Sb)i f
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How surprised they would be REU&8J@k&?
for such a long time already fWA#n
fate has been playing with them. pJe!~eyHm
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Not quite yet ready FYFlh^}
to change into destiny, >%`SXB&9
which brings them nearer and yet further, N}nE9z5
barriering their path O&/nBHu\
and suppressing a laugh, >ryA:TO{
leaped aside. "#pxZ
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There were signs, indications, |$IL:W6
but maybe just undecipherable. f@!9~s
Three years ago, perhaps $}b)EMMM
or even last Tuesday, V-(]L:[JQ
this leaf flying Z>g&%3j
from one shoulder to another? iTdamu`L
Something was dropped and then picked up. kw z6SObQ
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished `,~'T [
into childhood bushes? \(Nx)F
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There were handles, door bells, 7t<h 'g2
where, on the trace of a hand, khR[8j..
another hand was placed; .53 M!
suitcases next to one another in the ) P9]/y
left luggage. s%R,]q
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, M1/(Xla3
suddenly erased after waking. 'C7R*
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is only a sequel, after all, i75\<X
and the book of fate J?#vL\8
is always just half open. 7wW x 8
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他们都以为 ,<P"\W
是那瞬间的感觉 yph@H!@
将他们结合在一起 aJ=)5%$6kc
这种确定的感觉很美 `Mg3P_}=
但那种不确定的感觉 l v:GiA"X
却更加妙不可言 'z}9BGR!
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 4w9=z,
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 /,~]1&?}1
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 ,f)+|?wz
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 !.# g
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我想问问他们 ex~"M&^
是否记得在某个回转门 32 j){[PL3
那个面对面的瞬间? 0 5?`W&:9
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? F> Ika=z,
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? 8VU(+%X
但我已经知道答案了 =os!^{p7>
不,他们并不记得 JDa_;bqL
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他们一定会十分惊讶 E[ -yfP~[
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 OB=bRLd.IR
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但这运气 @mu{*. &
却还没有成为命运 z"z$.c
它曾让他们如此接近 G2n.NW#d4
却又让他们擦肩而过 5FB3w48
阻断他们之间的联系 :8bq0iqsV
又忍着邪恶的笑意 \>"Zn7
跳着跑开了 X xwcvE
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 Av n-Ug
但这暗示也许过于深奥 QYDI-<.(
可能在三年前 p; , V
或者就在上个星期二 )AieO-4*
不是就有一片落叶 6IK>v*<
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? Z?[R;V1j
一个人的东西曾经掉落 u&={hJ&7
又被另一个人拣起来
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谁知道呢 # ^,8JRA
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 /8:e|
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某个门把手上 Kn1u1@&Xd
或者某个门铃上 ZBU<L+#
两个人的手 krlebPs[
也许曾经放在同一个位置 elKp?YN
两个人的包 OUN~7]OD%
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 O['[_1n_u]
甚至 i,RbIZnJ
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 JY:Fu
只是第二天早上起来 sT iFh"8d>
却忘掉了 vP'!&}
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每一次开始 4\V/A+<W
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都只是一种继续 N1y,~Z
而两个人之间的故事 I
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却永远只写了一半 Ai 8+U)
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