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by Wislawa Szymborska .UQE{.?
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They both thought T^:fn-S}=
that a sudden feeling had united them 4CrLkr
This certainty is beautiful, O"Q7Rx
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. `\CVV*hP
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They thought they didn't know each other, b?T
nothing had ever happened between them. oyvKag
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, t~hTp K*
they could have passed each other long ago Gh\q^?}
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I would like to ask them, KC#/Z2A|<
if they can remember - c{Ou^.yR
perhaps in a revolving door xfFg,9w8
face to face one day? gE])!GMM3
A "sorry" in the crowd? %IY``r)j
"Wrong number" on the phone? {A:j[
- but I know the answer. 'e!J06
No, they don't remember. ;
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How surprised they would be 4(8xjL:
for such a long time already A/}W&bnluD
fate has been playing with them. y*23$fj(
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Not quite yet ready \ck+GW4&
to change into destiny, (Pbg[AY
which brings them nearer and yet further, ~xLJe`"JUx
barriering their path %$5H!!~o
and suppressing a laugh, r]Lc9dL
leaped aside. SUM4Di7
There were signs, indications, #oni:] E!m
but maybe just undecipherable. <RNJ>>0
Three years ago, perhaps T~:|!`
or even last Tuesday, =]C]=
this leaf flying O"G >wv
from one shoulder to another? )#iq4@)|g
Something was dropped and then picked up. bm% $86
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished }"^'%C8EX
into childhood bushes? jMNU ?m:
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There were handles, door bells, ACq7dLys,B
where, on the trace of a hand, w= P9FxB
another hand was placed; L+}n@B
suitcases next to one another in the Iw<i@=V
left luggage. {0"YOS`3AX
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, *%/~mSx
suddenly erased after waking. ^-z=`>SrS"
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Every beginning H<EQu|f&x
is only a sequel, after all, k%]=!5F
and the book of fate P
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is always just half open. 9ZXlR?GA
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一见钟情 :GpDg
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他们都以为 %ru;;h
是那瞬间的感觉 ,\2:/>2
将他们结合在一起 E.|-?xQ6
这种确定的感觉很美 rgmF: C
但那种不确定的感觉 c(;a=n(E#
却更加妙不可言 3jB$2: #
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 N-
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也许从来没有发生过任何联系 Z_1U9+,
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 3"n\8#X{
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 V-'K6mn;
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我想问问他们 .
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是否记得在某个回转门 l<0}l^C.
那个面对面的瞬间? X4l@woh%
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? ^j#rZ;uc
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? ~vlype3/EF
但我已经知道答案了 |w aIpB(
不,他们并不记得 K*UgX(xu4P
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他们一定会十分惊讶 a<}#HfC;'
原来 ]0hrRA`
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 Mj[f~
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但这运气 >{\7&}gz
却还没有成为命运 )XcOl7XLN
它曾让他们如此接近 W@|6nPm
却又让他们擦肩而过 ;bHV
阻断他们之间的联系 ^j-3av=
又忍着邪恶的笑意 EF3Cdu{]P
跳着跑开了 ^WBuMCe
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 5p.rwNE
但这暗示也许过于深奥 dT,o=8fg
可能在三年前 "BX!
或者就在上个星期二 EdZ\1'&/9
不是就有一片落叶 gUyR_5q)8l
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? .`>y@p!
一个人的东西曾经掉落 [q !TIq
又被另一个人拣起来 ^&y$Wd]6
谁知道呢 ,|&9M^
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 (=~&+z
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某个门把手上 ,^#yo6-
或者某个门铃上 KM^ufF2[
两个人的手 #9K-7je;j
也许曾经放在同一个位置 ME'|saP
两个人的包 _6ay-u
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 k'0Pi6
甚至 6 G=j6gK%P
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 ^%O]P`$
只是第二天早上起来 xhcK~5C
却忘掉了 \=_{na_
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每一次开始 `ZC<W]WYX/
也许 yX~v-N!X
都只是一种继续 s%<eD
而两个人之间的故事 \7CGUB>L
却永远只写了一半 ai0XL}!+
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