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They both thought l ;S_ J^S
that a sudden feeling had united them )j!%`g
This certainty is beautiful, Cz6bD$5
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. .>1vN+
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They thought they didn't know each other, baGV]=j
nothing had ever happened between them. e5(c,,/
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, .|0$?w
they could have passed each other long ago Q-J} :U
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I would like to ask them, Tnas$=J
if they can remember - V`@/"Dj j
perhaps in a revolving door Z%JAX>v&B
face to face one day? x"A\Z-xxz
A "sorry" in the crowd? =
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"Wrong number" on the phone? f9t+x+ Z
- but I know the answer. I#;.;%u
No, they don't remember. 3gYtu-1
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How surprised they would be 5b->pc
for such a long time already -@Z9h)G|
fate has been playing with them. >:h&5@^j$
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Not quite yet ready bnN&E?{hF1
to change into destiny, W9]0X
which brings them nearer and yet further, >sQf{uL
barriering their path q#K0EAgC
and suppressing a laugh, mR$0Ij/v
leaped aside. |h6,.#n
There were signs, indications, vhzz(UPUt
but maybe just undecipherable. h+}{FB 29
Three years ago, perhaps Q.Y6
or even last Tuesday, E8 5TCS1
this leaf flying AoY!f'Z
from one shoulder to another? @u`m6``T
Something was dropped and then picked up. <pM6fI6BD
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished :;\xyy}A
into childhood bushes? Gn4XVzB`O
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There were handles, door bells, ?;A\>sP
where, on the trace of a hand, GK1P7Qy?V
another hand was placed; }{mS"
suitcases next to one another in the %vbov}R
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Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, fKO@Qx]
suddenly erased after waking. KN&|&51p}
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Every beginning bK{ VjXF
is only a sequel, after all, js!C`]1
and the book of fate Kd\d>&b
is always just half open. X9?0`6Li
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他们都以为 ;zd.KaS
是那瞬间的感觉 GC_c.|'6[
将他们结合在一起 )~`UDaj_
这种确定的感觉很美 *?A!`JpJn
但那种不确定的感觉 nZM]EWn
却更加妙不可言 ]W5p\(1g
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 J&B5Ll
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 I9xkqj
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 FI~=A/:
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 ,$U~<Zd
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我想问问他们 "sWsK
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是否记得在某个回转门 /FjdcH=
那个面对面的瞬间? G-,0mo
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? OLV3.~T
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? jvpv1>KYV
但我已经知道答案了 KOoV'YSC[(
不,他们并不记得 x:h)\%Dg<
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他们一定会十分惊讶 $GHi9aj_P
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 /%)(Uz
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但这运气 / %iS\R%ca
却还没有成为命运 riRG9c |
它曾让他们如此接近 7r2p+LP[
却又让他们擦肩而过 ;|W:,a{kS
阻断他们之间的联系 b|iIdDK
又忍着邪恶的笑意 Sr_hD5!
跳着跑开了 F{_,IQ]U
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 L[<CEk
但这暗示也许过于深奥 ^ >
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可能在三年前 ^/#8 "
或者就在上个星期二 h"'}Z^
不是就有一片落叶 DyA1zwp}
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? 4n1 g@A=y
一个人的东西曾经掉落 #K iqV6E
又被另一个人拣起来 @Vy Ne(U
谁知道呢
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也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 mx#)iHY
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某个门把手上 DghqSL^s
或者某个门铃上 =NSunW!
两个人的手 Z v*uUe
也许曾经放在同一个位置 AYfe_Dj
两个人的包 <GLoTolZ
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 ",#Ug"|2
甚至 vNdW.V}
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 P>^$X
只是第二天早上起来 l3/Cj^o4
却忘掉了 }*O8]lG
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每一次开始 %!A-K1Z\D
也许 4vND ~9d
都只是一种继续 L3 KJ~LI
而两个人之间的故事 ;0NJX)GL
却永远只写了一半 c#>:U,j
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