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by Wislawa Szymborska P=)&]Pz
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that a sudden feeling had united them ToUeXU
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but uncertainty is more beautiful still. P1f?'i?J
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They thought they didn't know each other, z 0;+.E!
nothing had ever happened between them. C~4$A/&(
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, #+2|ZfCn%
they could have passed each other long ago 0@R @L}m
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I would like to ask them, @"jV^2oY1
if they can remember - *$ZLu jy7
perhaps in a revolving door H];QDix?
face to face one day? 83*"58
A "sorry" in the crowd? :*wnO;eN
"Wrong number" on the phone? 8ODrW!o
- but I know the answer. P:z 5/??2S
No, they don't remember. O87Ptr8
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How surprised they would be :/H fMJ
for such a long time already _rQM[{Bkg
fate has been playing with them. =sG9]a<I
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to change into destiny, UR~9*`Z ,
which brings them nearer and yet further, ;c5Q"
barriering their path ^(p}hSLAfQ
and suppressing a laugh, pKrol]cth8
leaped aside. dP(*IOO.
There were signs, indications, Vi~9[&.E\!
but maybe just undecipherable. ~=5 vc''
Three years ago, perhaps pZRKM<k
or even last Tuesday, v)(tB7&`=
this leaf flying %Uj7g>
from one shoulder to another? L\--h`~YU
Something was dropped and then picked up. {%ZD^YSA
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished @sRUl
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into childhood bushes? #wL}4VN
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There were handles, door bells, R87-L*9B^0
where, on the trace of a hand, 8_6\>hW&
another hand was placed; ?'_E$
suitcases next to one another in the C~F do0D
left luggage. *Y'@|xf*
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, M[N$N`9
suddenly erased after waking. gz-X4A"
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Every beginning =Jd('r
is only a sequel, after all, -z9-f\
and the book of fate Gj[`r
is always just half open. hce *G@b
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他们都以为 Fp52|w_
是那瞬间的感觉 J0@<6~V6o
将他们结合在一起 ]]~tFdh
这种确定的感觉很美 [EUp4%Z #
但那种不确定的感觉 AsyJDt'i
却更加妙不可言 e|)6zh<O:
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 CPssk,q~C
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 Enu/Nj 2
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 w8$rt
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 ,f
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我想问问他们 69#D,ME?
是否记得在某个回转门 Y0`@$d&n
那个面对面的瞬间? #w\Bc\
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? <T?H
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或者电话里的一句「打错了」? Ml`tDt|;
但我已经知道答案了 Ig9yd S-.
不,他们并不记得 +DMD
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他们一定会十分惊讶 6% +s`
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 Hgs=qH
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但这运气 {k.Dy92
却还没有成为命运 wfr+-
它曾让他们如此接近 %n<u- {`
却又让他们擦肩而过 Z|&Y1k-h
阻断他们之间的联系 sU>!sxW
又忍着邪恶的笑意 @* a'B=7
跳着跑开了 N<bNJD}
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 x|B$n} B
但这暗示也许过于深奥 fNz*E|]8&
可能在三年前 ^zjQ(ca@"x
或者就在上个星期二 q}Wd`>VDR
不是就有一片落叶 2w>lnJ-
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? Gt{'` P,&9
一个人的东西曾经掉落 jA ?tDAx`
又被另一个人拣起来 }2qmL$
谁知道呢 \@]/ks=K
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 _y~H#r9:
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某个门把手上 yP :/F|E$
或者某个门铃上 /0 |niiI
两个人的手 $.Fti-5
也许曾经放在同一个位置 xgl~4
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也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 ['F,
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 ). +!/x
只是第二天早上起来 ![O@{/
却忘掉了 W?W vT`
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都只是一种继续 $)OUOv
而两个人之间的故事 gR `:)>
却永远只写了一半 .f'iod-
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