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by Wislawa Szymborska /T2f~1R
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that a sudden feeling had united them } "ts
This certainty is beautiful, 1&}^{ Ys
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. V5ihplAk
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They thought they didn't know each other, pNzGpCk
nothing had ever happened between them. /waZ9
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, TS<uBX
they could have passed each other long ago *Cgd?*\7
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I would like to ask them, w]0jq
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if they can remember - Jid :$T>
perhaps in a revolving door 5{|\h}
face to face one day? L:F:ZOM6`
A "sorry" in the crowd? jNNl5.
"Wrong number" on the phone? Qmh*Gh?v
- but I know the answer. wbId}!
No, they don't remember. WH$
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How surprised they would be 62LQUl]<
for such a long time already *ha9Vq@X
fate has been playing with them. >KXT2+w
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Not quite yet ready K\ \UF
to change into destiny, Kn9,N@bU_
which brings them nearer and yet further, CQ3{'"b
barriering their path )FqE8oN-
and suppressing a laugh, 2'r8#,)
leaped aside.
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There were signs, indications, :+,qvu!M7
but maybe just undecipherable. %tzz3Y
Three years ago, perhaps m,TqyP#
or even last Tuesday, t(MlZ>H
this leaf flying {:enoV"
from one shoulder to another? ~+$l9~`{
Something was dropped and then picked up. 6dmTv9e
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished M$gy J!Pb
into childhood bushes? qO9_e
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There were handles, door bells, vP'R7r2Yx
where, on the trace of a hand, 3-8Vw$u
another hand was placed; {UYqRfgbZ
suitcases next to one another in the <s#}`R.#2
left luggage. ;@d<*
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, d*,|?Ar*b
suddenly erased after waking. VuZmX1x)N
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Every beginning #PA"l`"
is only a sequel, after all, 6CU8BDN
and the book of fate [*>@hx
is always just half open. ]yVB66l
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他们都以为 C>;yW7*g"
是那瞬间的感觉 r% '2a+}D
将他们结合在一起 &:jE+l
这种确定的感觉很美 nw5#/5xw
但那种不确定的感觉 oaBfq8,;
却更加妙不可言 8a)EL*LH`
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 $@&bK2@.(
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 ,_lwT}*w
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 @3S2Xb{ra1
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 "ej>1{3Y:=
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我想问问他们 l1wxs@](
是否记得在某个回转门 Il;'s
那个面对面的瞬间? sq)Nn&5A
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? sX_ ^H%fd
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? !P92e1
但我已经知道答案了 {fN_itn
不,他们并不记得 TPEZ"%=Hg
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他们一定会十分惊讶 rjR
原来 {Ue6DK%
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 puqH%m+u
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但这运气 _Wb-&6{
却还没有成为命运 dadMwe_l0
它曾让他们如此接近 w pCS]2
却又让他们擦肩而过 (x$k\H
阻断他们之间的联系 ?I@3`?'
又忍着邪恶的笑意 aQ~x$T|
跳着跑开了 Mm[%v
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 Jc%>=`f
但这暗示也许过于深奥 }5] s+m
可能在三年前 \iE'E
或者就在上个星期二 Om1z
不是就有一片落叶 tt[_+e\4
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? q3P3euK3
一个人的东西曾经掉落 8m*\"_S{
又被另一个人拣起来
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谁知道呢 m9B3]H
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 g*tLqV
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某个门把手上 Z?Q2 ed*j
或者某个门铃上 Ph%s.YAZ~
两个人的手 Dps{[3Y+
也许曾经放在同一个位置 bA^a@ lv a
两个人的包 Jb$z(?S
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 n `Xz<Q!
甚至 2E1TJ.[BS
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 =91'.c<
只是第二天早上起来 vaxg^n|v9
却忘掉了 G[^G~U\+!
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每一次开始 0,A?*CO
也许 O#U"c5%
都只是一种继续 !KlSw,&=.6
而两个人之间的故事 x> q3w# B
却永远只写了一半 ` k\1vum
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