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by Wislawa Szymborska F9(._ow[
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that a sudden feeling had united them <9P4}`%)3
This certainty is beautiful, M|\^UF2e
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. I2f?xJ2/Z
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They thought they didn't know each other, 1T ( u
nothing had ever happened between them. Kv(z4 z
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, *~p(GC
they could have passed each other long ago !^m%O0DT
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I would like to ask them, T~BA)![
if they can remember - YT>KJ
perhaps in a revolving door )4l>XlQ&
face to face one day? '|A|vCRCG
A "sorry" in the crowd? M!1U@6n!=)
"Wrong number" on the phone? j'K38@M:MN
- but I know the answer. F{<5aLaYti
No, they don't remember. -? s&pKi
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How surprised they would be kv6Cp0uFg
for such a long time already >F1G!#$0
fate has been playing with them. ~h-C&G,v
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Not quite yet ready 9lf*O0Z&n
to change into destiny, 6{q;1-8j+j
which brings them nearer and yet further, <,"4k&0Q>V
barriering their path +`@M*kd
and suppressing a laugh, q:I$EpKf?Q
leaped aside. j 5Qo*p
There were signs, indications, {7*>Cv}
but maybe just undecipherable. ^/HW$8wEi
Three years ago, perhaps UtnZNdlv
or even last Tuesday, nq"evD5
this leaf flying {(
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from one shoulder to another? C|MQ
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Something was dropped and then picked up. cHx%Nd\
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished 'OwyyPBF
into childhood bushes? &(EHq
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There were handles, door bells, a5@z:i
where, on the trace of a hand, tF*szf|$-
another hand was placed; <a4TO8
suitcases next to one another in the >I}9LyZt
left luggage. F/p,j0S
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, :_5/u|{
suddenly erased after waking. s,6`RI%
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Every beginning |?d#eQ9a
is only a sequel, after all, $Az^Y0[D
and the book of fate VIC0}LT0R
is always just half open. CS 8jA\
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他们都以为 20b<68h$:
是那瞬间的感觉 Fk"Ee&H)(
将他们结合在一起 hoM|P8
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这种确定的感觉很美 k1^\|
但那种不确定的感觉 8'Z:ydj^,
却更加妙不可言 ]0c+/ \b&
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 j'?7D0>
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 #*9-d/K
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊
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或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 a,|?5j9,P
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我想问问他们 3*ixlO:qGk
是否记得在某个回转门 [kV;[c}
那个面对面的瞬间?
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拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? Os&n
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? Su8|R"qU
但我已经知道答案了 \25/$Ae}c
不,他们并不记得 {sVY`}p|
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他们一定会十分惊讶 &Lm-()wb
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 d>0+A)6>
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但这运气 6"/WZmOp
却还没有成为命运 $P z`$~
它曾让他们如此接近 ^/U27B
却又让他们擦肩而过 vxFTen{-F
阻断他们之间的联系 `'I{U5;e
又忍着邪恶的笑意 ]:(W_qEA
跳着跑开了 dY7'OAUyVl
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 jN31hDg<z
但这暗示也许过于深奥 Z[Qza13lo
可能在三年前
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或者就在上个星期二 B9R(&<4
不是就有一片落叶 ^qGb%! l
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? kDvc"
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一个人的东西曾经掉落 gF?[rqz{
又被另一个人拣起来 N8toxRu
谁知道呢 KLoE&ds
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 JyL a#\ R
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某个门把手上 }t9.N`xu
或者某个门铃上 ko;>#::
两个人的手 =U8Ek;Drp
也许曾经放在同一个位置 XV3C`:b
两个人的包 *N'K/36;
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 *NFg;<:j
甚至 )s_n
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 KRAcnY;u
只是第二天早上起来 =GlVc cc
却忘掉了 (8$k4`T>
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每一次开始 ?BA]7M(,4
也许 6W[}$#w
都只是一种继续 $+JS&k/'m
而两个人之间的故事 U>Ld~cw
却永远只写了一半 Wj|alH9<
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