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by Wislawa Szymborska ;GEu.PdxB
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They both thought (dt_ D
that a sudden feeling had united them >43yty\
This certainty is beautiful, ZvKMRW
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. E"yf!*
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They thought they didn't know each other, "4AQpD
nothing had ever happened between them. ^<Tp-,J$EN
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, s;M*5|-
they could have passed each other long ago {mitF
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I would like to ask them, qiryC7.E
if they can remember - 0-~x[\>>
perhaps in a revolving door 1iW9?=a"
face to face one day? >Ga1p'8FtU
A "sorry" in the crowd? 9>>}-;$
"Wrong number" on the phone? ~J{{n_G{
- but I know the answer. H?^#zj`Ex+
No, they don't remember. V-r<v1}M
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How surprised they would be 6EWB3.x19
for such a long time already {EN@,3bA
fate has been playing with them. BT#g?=n#`
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Not quite yet ready @O @yJ{(I
to change into destiny, ,#O8:s
which brings them nearer and yet further, ?C2;:ol
barriering their path j7+t@DqQ
and suppressing a laugh, vp9<.*h
leaped aside. _7.y4zQJ
There were signs, indications, jch8d(`?d
but maybe just undecipherable. ay|{!MkQ
Three years ago, perhaps .4(f0RG
or even last Tuesday, \8aF(Y^H
this leaf flying nv{4
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from one shoulder to another? ?zu{&aOX|
Something was dropped and then picked up. a$O]'}]`
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished {\zr_v`g
into childhood bushes? 9iNns;^`q
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There were handles, door bells, _?c.3+;s
where, on the trace of a hand, r2'rfpQ
another hand was placed; n"Vd"}sU.
suitcases next to one another in the T$;XJx
left luggage. p00AcUTq
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, IW_D$pq
suddenly erased after waking. <~+
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is only a sequel, after all, h'KtG<+
and the book of fate .U%"oD
is always just half open. rv%[?Ml
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他们都以为 @/FX7O{n:
是那瞬间的感觉 1U7HS2
将他们结合在一起 XCriZ|s
这种确定的感觉很美 3~la/$?p0
但那种不确定的感觉 ~ }22 Dvo
却更加妙不可言 wm71,R1
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 NvZ?e
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 4]
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但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 ii9/ UtIQ
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 AMz=HN
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我想问问他们 Yk?q7xuT
是否记得在某个回转门 G'f"w5%qZv
那个面对面的瞬间? <DS6-y
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? N2e<Y_T
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? ]S geZ07
但我已经知道答案了 @~3c;9LkY
不,他们并不记得 3wl>a#f
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他们一定会十分惊讶 /)TEx}wk
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 V}-o):dI|
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但这运气 Y_sVe
却还没有成为命运 s3 $Q_8H
它曾让他们如此接近 R2W_/fsG
却又让他们擦肩而过 -+_twU
阻断他们之间的联系 ;$< ek(i7
又忍着邪恶的笑意 }wXD%X@)l
跳着跑开了 t7FQ.E,T
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 MNC!3d(D\R
但这暗示也许过于深奥 B,,d~\
可能在三年前 >,Z{wxzJ
或者就在上个星期二 -+|[0hpw
不是就有一片落叶 v1)6")8o+
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? E2D8s=r
一个人的东西曾经掉落 qw1J{xoHW
又被另一个人拣起来 AAgA]OD,
谁知道呢 ?%Fk0E#>2
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 UULL:vqq
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或者某个门铃上 GYxI$y0:
两个人的手 zX`RN)C
也许曾经放在同一个位置 l.l~K%P'h
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也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 'qE
甚至 0B/a$NC
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 Xs@ ^D,
只是第二天早上起来 5V!XD9P'
却忘掉了 cyg>hX{U
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每一次开始 g1,
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都只是一种继续 q(^J7M)
而两个人之间的故事 MGDv4cFE.
却永远只写了一半 /GGu` f
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