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They both thought DU]MMR
that a sudden feeling had united them G\Toi98d*
This certainty is beautiful, B58H7NH ;G
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. hH )jX`Ta
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They thought they didn't know each other, <74q]C
nothing had ever happened between them. =@gH$Q_1
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, ?VS {,"X
they could have passed each other long ago wC'KI8-
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I would like to ask them, 8X5;)h
if they can remember - dGP*bMCT
perhaps in a revolving door yTkYPx
face to face one day? 5j{o0&=_$
A "sorry" in the crowd? u)R>ozER
"Wrong number" on the phone? 2frJSV ?
- but I know the answer. </:f-J%U/
No, they don't remember. RyIr_:&-~
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for such a long time already @ g~kp
fate has been playing with them. b(;"p-^
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Not quite yet ready REQ2pfk0
to change into destiny, Ml+.\'r
which brings them nearer and yet further, .y+>-[j?B
barriering their path [$8*(d"F'
and suppressing a laugh, Q:>;d-D|1
leaped aside. zP
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There were signs, indications, `lN1u'(:
but maybe just undecipherable. 8Tt2T}
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Three years ago, perhaps 8[(c'rl|)|
or even last Tuesday, UFouIS#L
this leaf flying pb_mW;JVu
from one shoulder to another? @<W"$_r-
Something was dropped and then picked up. K]N^6ome
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished 6\OSIxJZF
into childhood bushes? `:i|y
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There were handles, door bells, F@"Xd9q?
where, on the trace of a hand, SO]x^+[
another hand was placed; jWUN~#p!
suitcases next to one another in the htMsS4^Kvd
left luggage. y !47!Dn
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, k[A=:H1"
suddenly erased after waking. R:0Fv9bwS
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is only a sequel, after all, TLPy/,
and the book of fate >F Z6\
is always just half open. 0pBlmPafY
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他们都以为 9]1-J5iO
是那瞬间的感觉 wb"Jj
将他们结合在一起 &zb_8y,
这种确定的感觉很美 +_
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但那种不确定的感觉 9 n|H%AC
却更加妙不可言 xqmJPbA
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 y 9/27yWB
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 $ hg
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但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 q<,?:g$k
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 Fr/8q:m&
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我想问问他们 s-*8=
是否记得在某个回转门 =QRLKo#_
那个面对面的瞬间? H]}Iw5Z
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? 8
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或者电话里的一句「打错了」? )
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但我已经知道答案了 xyBe*,u
不,他们并不记得 O0WzDD
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他们一定会十分惊讶 F 3,hx
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 L
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但这运气 ]*sXISg1
却还没有成为命运 sJt&`k Z
它曾让他们如此接近 |Wi$@sWO
却又让他们擦肩而过 +%UXI$v
阻断他们之间的联系 VP0wa>50!
又忍着邪恶的笑意 JAmv 7GL'6
跳着跑开了 76zi)f1f
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 .IYOtS
但这暗示也许过于深奥 Z&JW}''n|F
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或者就在上个星期二 Yt0
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不是就有一片落叶
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从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? YUM%3
一个人的东西曾经掉落 z=n"cE[KtB
又被另一个人拣起来 )-2OraUm<
谁知道呢 xI}]q%V
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 S"5</*
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某个门把手上 mBQ6qmK
或者某个门铃上 3AX /A+2
两个人的手 9 oc.`-e\?
也许曾经放在同一个位置 fCO!M1 t
两个人的包 rguC#Xt!4
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 #x':qBv#
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 *1Nz
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只是第二天早上起来 @xSS`&b
却忘掉了 kTc'k
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每一次开始 Kn=P~,FaG3
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都只是一种继续 !;zacw
而两个人之间的故事 224I%x.,
却永远只写了一半 {j ${i
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