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by Wislawa Szymborska ,;<M+V3+
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They both thought Ev3,p`zS._
that a sudden feeling had united them 7m:TY>{
This certainty is beautiful, nXjSf
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. }n"gX>e~
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They thought they didn't know each other, :"
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nothing had ever happened between them. PM&NY8|Zy
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, ^_W] @m2
they could have passed each other long ago j^h:*rw
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I would like to ask them, 8VC%4+.FF
if they can remember - tOo\s&j
perhaps in a revolving door GBT219Z@8
face to face one day? &(|Ot`el]v
A "sorry" in the crowd? (io[O?te
"Wrong number" on the phone? 4C*0MV
- but I know the answer. ,zZ@QW5
No, they don't remember. ^a1k"|E?f
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How surprised they would be -*kZ2grLt
for such a long time already @,LU!#y(
fate has been playing with them. I\IDt~
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Not quite yet ready F4ylD5Y!
to change into destiny, x<.(fRv
which brings them nearer and yet further, ^}J,;Zhu5
barriering their path .;(a;f+{;
and suppressing a laugh, 19%zcYTe
leaped aside. C3
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There were signs, indications, d vo|9 >
but maybe just undecipherable. lB!M;2^)X
Three years ago, perhaps gQ<{NQMzvd
or even last Tuesday, Xxj<Ai2
this leaf flying wT-Kg=-q
from one shoulder to another? 0}'/3Q
Something was dropped and then picked up. K%u>'W
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished v`p@djM
into childhood bushes? +Z]}ce
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There were handles, door bells, `91Z]zGpU
where, on the trace of a hand, Cj/!m
another hand was placed; 0vMKyT3 c
suitcases next to one another in the vTL/% SJ8
left luggage. `_BmVms
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, BbPRPkV
suddenly erased after waking. [e{D
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Every beginning RPjw12Ly
is only a sequel, after all, EZT 8^m
and the book of fate $
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is always just half open. C]h_co2eI
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他们都以为 F'JT7#eX
是那瞬间的感觉 tGSXTF}G
将他们结合在一起 *_H]?&
这种确定的感觉很美 <$C3]
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但那种不确定的感觉 VA %lJ!$
却更加妙不可言 pOhjq#}
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 @xk ;]H80
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 t[AA=
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 .z*}%,G
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 0WyOORuK
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我想问问他们 i<q_d7-W'
是否记得在某个回转门 PI"6d)S2
那个面对面的瞬间? CBz=-Xr
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? S,a:H*Hf
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? tJGK9!MH{(
但我已经知道答案了 {s6hi#R>
不,他们并不记得 }%^ 3
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他们一定会十分惊讶 f'BmIFb#
原来 P0k.\ 8qz
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 Os!x<r|r
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但这运气 [jGE{<Je
却还没有成为命运 @4Q/J$
它曾让他们如此接近 F;Q'R|HQ
却又让他们擦肩而过 !P":z0K4
阻断他们之间的联系 (nYGN$qC9
又忍着邪恶的笑意 kjt(OFh'Y+
跳着跑开了 :?>yi7w
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 OM`Ws5W}f
但这暗示也许过于深奥
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可能在三年前 U99Uny9
或者就在上个星期二 =Wz)(N
不是就有一片落叶 A7T(p7pP
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? uC[F'\Y
一个人的东西曾经掉落 Qv)DSl
又被另一个人拣起来 +
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谁知道呢 ME.!l6lm\
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 Qtt3;5m
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某个门把手上 3{TE6&HIa
或者某个门铃上 zy|h1.gd
两个人的手 qa4j>;
也许曾经放在同一个位置 aY DM)b}
两个人的包 =4OV
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也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 }C$D-fH8sW
甚至 `3z6y&dmx
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 ]?NiY:v
只是第二天早上起来 tg9{(_t/W
却忘掉了 G'wyH[ d/
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每一次开始 eQMa9_
也许 nB}eJD|
都只是一种继续 PtGFLM9R
而两个人之间的故事 8?w#=@ s
却永远只写了一半 ~3|)[R=+p1
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