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by Wislawa Szymborska orHVL 2
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that a sudden feeling had united them Vq<|DM3z<
This certainty is beautiful, E-"Jgq\aC
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. 4]dPhsey
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They thought they didn't know each other, 'GW@P
nothing had ever happened between them. =lDmP|^
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, np>*O }r*
they could have passed each other long ago sPZa|AKHb
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I would like to ask them, \h0e09& I
if they can remember - uP*>-s'm
perhaps in a revolving door
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face to face one day? c|O5Vp}
A "sorry" in the crowd? #o^E1cI
"Wrong number" on the phone? Viw{<VH=
- but I know the answer. .OWIlT4K
No, they don't remember. NKI&n]EO
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How surprised they would be UHCx}LGe
for such a long time already _@RW7iP>
fate has been playing with them. A!^,QRkRN
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to change into destiny, )0'O!O
which brings them nearer and yet further, om/gk4S2
barriering their path Aw|3W ]
and suppressing a laugh, j<gnh
leaped aside. )O+9v}2
There were signs, indications, |mM7P^I
but maybe just undecipherable. Ugs<WVp$
Three years ago, perhaps ( Rf)&KN
or even last Tuesday, }=L
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this leaf flying /JfXK$`
from one shoulder to another? \o3i9Q9C
Something was dropped and then picked up. [ z&y]~
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished nrxN_0 R%
into childhood bushes? AV&ege
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There were handles, door bells, odhgIl&u
where, on the trace of a hand, ']rh0?
another hand was placed; +?L~fM69B
suitcases next to one another in the Nyo6R9^
left luggage. 6D+k[oHZm
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, [NFAdE
suddenly erased after waking. cN :;ir
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Every beginning {:dE_tqo
is only a sequel, after all, . =+7H`A
and the book of fate cCeD3CuRA%
is always just half open. m7@`POI
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他们都以为 iVl"H@m/
是那瞬间的感觉 N ;hq
将他们结合在一起 T S.lFg:K
这种确定的感觉很美 `2Z=Lp
但那种不确定的感觉 mB
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却更加妙不可言 WU\):n
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 b9v Kux
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 `BvcIn4do
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 -OHG1"/
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 r*$"]{m}
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我想问问他们 +g;G*EP7*
是否记得在某个回转门 _]4cY%s
那个面对面的瞬间? M-Js"cB[
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? +X&B'
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? qzLRA.#f^
但我已经知道答案了 vJ{\67tK
不,他们并不记得 oT_,k}L IX
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他们一定会十分惊讶 v
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 QO
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但这运气 FxUH?%w
却还没有成为命运 $`Ou *
它曾让他们如此接近 n-\B z.
却又让他们擦肩而过 +j<Nu)0iY
阻断他们之间的联系 x}roPhZ
又忍着邪恶的笑意 3)xV-Y9
跳着跑开了 jy*wj7fj1
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 CeZ5Ti?F
但这暗示也许过于深奥 =y4g. J\
可能在三年前 ucn aj|
或者就在上个星期二 !9!Ns(vUM
不是就有一片落叶 X3"V1@-i4$
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? &x;nP 6mV
一个人的东西曾经掉落 n% *u;iG
又被另一个人拣起来 o#T,vu0s
谁知道呢 +F/ '+
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 $nVTN.k
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某个门把手上 b2 ),J
或者某个门铃上 $+mmqc8
两个人的手 06ueE\@Sg
也许曾经放在同一个位置 [$./'-I]
两个人的包 _#L
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也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 dFUsQ_]<
甚至 *s!8BwiE
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 }ri"u;.R
只是第二天早上起来 _W!g'HP-D
却忘掉了 2M;{|U
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每一次开始 ja:%j&:
也许 o~}q@]]
都只是一种继续 N\vc<Zpn
而两个人之间的故事 sz)3
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却永远只写了一半 h?TE$&CL?
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