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that a sudden feeling had united them %y[1H5)3<
This certainty is beautiful, A?!I/|E^;
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. WKM)*@#,
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They thought they didn't know each other, .9G<y 4
nothing had ever happened between them. 4R%*Z~
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, .\3`2
they could have passed each other long ago t q50fq'
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I would like to ask them, <lxD}DH=
if they can remember - 10[Jl5+t
perhaps in a revolving door yq[Cq=rBk
face to face one day? n| O [a6G
A "sorry" in the crowd? zJlQ_U- !
"Wrong number" on the phone? Yj(4&&Q
- but I know the answer. 7^TV~E#
No, they don't remember. 1nhtM
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How surprised they would be *ZSdl0e
for such a long time already :\~+#/=:
fate has been playing with them. ~i;fDQ&!
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Not quite yet ready 3:/'n
to change into destiny, 9%)=`W
which brings them nearer and yet further, O09ke-lC
barriering their path H5>hx{
and suppressing a laugh, /
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leaped aside. k,Qskd-N]
There were signs, indications, :c[n\)U[aa
but maybe just undecipherable. uwIc963
Three years ago, perhaps `\Ku]6J]5
or even last Tuesday, .ae O}^
this leaf flying &O\(;mFc
from one shoulder to another? XEM'}+d
Something was dropped and then picked up. \kamcA
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished )U<Y0bZA!
into childhood bushes? )u ?' ;
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There were handles, door bells, ~3h-j K?
where, on the trace of a hand, pY8q=Kl
another hand was placed; 2
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suitcases next to one another in the ,SlN zR
left luggage. 0o&MB
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Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, =4!nFi
suddenly erased after waking. U_yE&6 T
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Every beginning [ee%c Xo
is only a sequel, after all, cp
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and the book of fate qAkx<u
is always just half open. h #Z4pN8T3
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他们都以为 ({}( qm
是那瞬间的感觉 ewsKH\#
将他们结合在一起 ]LPQYL
这种确定的感觉很美 !hxIlVd{
但那种不确定的感觉 X*oMFQgP
却更加妙不可言 *DI)?
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 2i#Sn' 1
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 (kBP(2V
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 bucR">_p
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 u<ySd?
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我想问问他们 "](6lB1Oe
是否记得在某个回转门 7XrfuG*L$
那个面对面的瞬间? CENVp"C/`
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? lVH<lp_ZtK
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? f,i5iSYf
但我已经知道答案了
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不,他们并不记得 o@>? *=
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他们一定会十分惊讶 t6N*6ld2b
原来 ~89P[$6
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 Z@D*1\TG=
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但这运气 |tMn={
却还没有成为命运 XdEPbD-
它曾让他们如此接近 Vsq8H}K
却又让他们擦肩而过 A^fjfa);V
阻断他们之间的联系 =V+I=rqo
又忍着邪恶的笑意 <g8K})P
跳着跑开了 -7>)i
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 *mG`_9
但这暗示也许过于深奥 /Poet%XvRx
可能在三年前 (3vHY`9
或者就在上个星期二 I XA>`D
不是就有一片落叶 (n(
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从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? z;u>
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一个人的东西曾经掉落 JeH;v0
又被另一个人拣起来 t/i5,le
谁知道呢 C2e.2)y
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 %n0;[sD0A
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某个门把手上 a.F Al@Br
或者某个门铃上 W\*-xf|"d
两个人的手 sE(HZR1
也许曾经放在同一个位置 8Ad606
两个人的包 A!W0S
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 d?idTcgs
甚至 m"tOe?
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 @!=\R^#p
只是第二天早上起来 {kI#A?M
却忘掉了 f}%D"gz
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每一次开始 ZBD;a;wx
也许 R_P}~l
都只是一种继续 iSK+GQ~
而两个人之间的故事 D.!~dyI.,$
却永远只写了一半 :
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