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by Wislawa Szymborska 6(>3P
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They both thought oi7
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that a sudden feeling had united them K!3{M!B
This certainty is beautiful, M'yO+bu
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. blJIto'
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They thought they didn't know each other, p/r~n'g$
nothing had ever happened between them. {mNdL J
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, "XCU'_k=
they could have passed each other long ago }qer
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I would like to ask them, C&=x3Cz
if they can remember - Y4QLs^IdB
perhaps in a revolving door >@^<S_KVh
face to face one day? RnHQq'J|\
A "sorry" in the crowd? as>:\hjP##
"Wrong number" on the phone? d
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- but I know the answer. Tdg6kkJ
No, they don't remember. jvu
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How surprised they would be wD`[5~C{
for such a long time already M]c7D`%s
fate has been playing with them. YzVN2f!n
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Not quite yet ready +H7y/#e+3
to change into destiny, /:U1!9.y
which brings them nearer and yet further, AlO,o[0
barriering their path YU&4yk lE
and suppressing a laugh, Ig<}dM.Z[
leaped aside. '<TD6jBs
There were signs, indications, 9o EpPL5
but maybe just undecipherable. |Eb&}m:E$
Three years ago, perhaps brntE:
or even last Tuesday, : (cb2j(C
this leaf flying :3v9h^|+
from one shoulder to another? <nBo}0O}
Something was dropped and then picked up. PNf&@
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished Y+FP
into childhood bushes? qYx!jA]O
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There were handles, door bells, XJUEwX
where, on the trace of a hand, b7bSTFZxC
another hand was placed; bZ/
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suitcases next to one another in the h0|[etaf
left luggage. qmEoqU
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, z
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suddenly erased after waking. f3!n$lj
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Every beginning L/BHexOB
is only a sequel, after all, !}ilN 1>
and the book of fate {gsW(T>)
is always just half open. 3!aEClRtq
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他们都以为 4Q;<Q"
是那瞬间的感觉 Lx%:t YZ
将他们结合在一起 HcA[QBh
这种确定的感觉很美 [<yz)<<
但那种不确定的感觉 PB+\jj
却更加妙不可言 5C B%=iL{
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 Hq?& Qo
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 yxvjg\!&
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 PcB{=L
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 QWw"K$l
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我想问问他们 ^#;RLSv
是否记得在某个回转门 4`s)ue
那个面对面的瞬间? `y2ljIWJ
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? -bA!PeI
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? Pg
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但我已经知道答案了 Atd1qJ
不,他们并不记得 ;1@C_5C
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他们一定会十分惊讶 !Av1Leb9$
原来 -KiRj!v|
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 EL7T'zJ$
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但这运气 <7^Kt7k
却还没有成为命运 3p_b8K_bG
它曾让他们如此接近 @0|nq9l1
却又让他们擦肩而过 z?kd'j`FG
阻断他们之间的联系 \-OC|\{32
又忍着邪恶的笑意 D"cKlp-I6|
跳着跑开了 Z(HZB
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 >!
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但这暗示也许过于深奥 cz#_<8'N
可能在三年前 Fj^AWv^/
或者就在上个星期二 &hI>L
不是就有一片落叶 333u]
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? yp p 4L|R
一个人的东西曾经掉落
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又被另一个人拣起来 9 #Y2`pT
谁知道呢 ;g9% &
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 E?Cj/o
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某个门把手上 :_Fxy5}
或者某个门铃上 #W|!fILL
两个人的手 IBET'!j4"
也许曾经放在同一个位置 WYLX?x
两个人的包 >)^NJ2Fd
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 fL Nag~
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 1i'Zei)
只是第二天早上起来 JpK[&/Ct
却忘掉了 +_~,86
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每一次开始 _R74/|
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都只是一种继续 u s`}
而两个人之间的故事 U
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却永远只写了一半 HN68!v}C|
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