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They both thought tTamFL6
that a sudden feeling had united them <a3XV
This certainty is beautiful, ~`fB\7M
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. h:90K
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They thought they didn't know each other, DZZt%n8J
nothing had ever happened between them. Z%Kj^
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These streets, these stairs, this corridors, 8r,%! 70
they could have passed each other long ago y~ LVK8
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I would like to ask them, @>ZjeDG>
if they can remember - e:R[
perhaps in a revolving door UGgi)
face to face one day? t9{EO#o'k
A "sorry" in the crowd? C[,-1e?
"Wrong number" on the phone? ?J-KB3Uv3
- but I know the answer. %V/]V,w:*R
No, they don't remember. wUndNE
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How surprised they would be 8A_(]Q
for such a long time already n\Nl2u& m
fate has been playing with them. /Qy0vAvJ
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Not quite yet ready $
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to change into destiny, \[jItg,+
which brings them nearer and yet further, v$Z1Lh
barriering their path cxdM!L; `
and suppressing a laugh, (5
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leaped aside. _=#mmZkq
There were signs, indications, gV BV@v!W
but maybe just undecipherable. "(GeW286k
Three years ago, perhaps {D< ?.'
or even last Tuesday, wl9icrR>
this leaf flying "Xc=<rX
from one shoulder to another? Bw[V K7
Something was dropped and then picked up. r>o6}Mx$
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished Vo[4\h#$
into childhood bushes? 2T5ZbXc+x
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There were handles, door bells, KG@hjO
where, on the trace of a hand, _L>n!"E/
another hand was placed; ~ .-'pdz%
suitcases next to one another in the {wySH[V
left luggage. g=Jfp$*[
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, gw:BKR'o
suddenly erased after waking. rD gl@B3
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is only a sequel, after all, aoN[mV'
and the book of fate l"/O s_4O
is always just half open. E:AXnnGKO
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他们都以为 LJ?7W,?
是那瞬间的感觉 "\
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将他们结合在一起 kmwFw>#
这种确定的感觉很美 :s\s3#?
但那种不确定的感觉 ?uQpt(
却更加妙不可言 G8VWx&RE
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 u56cT/J1
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 c{[WOrA~#
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 H`sV\'`!}
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 TD'1L:mv
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我想问问他们 %0 S0"t
是否记得在某个回转门 v2NzPzzyb
那个面对面的瞬间? 8I%1
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拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? ynhH5P|6,
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? 5n<Efi]j
但我已经知道答案了 t+t&eg
不,他们并不记得 HzV3O-Qz]
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他们一定会十分惊讶 B^Vb=* QRo
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 5K0Isuu>>
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但这运气 e([}dz
却还没有成为命运 Ad[-YT
它曾让他们如此接近 xpae0vw
却又让他们擦肩而过 YvonZ
阻断他们之间的联系 p4=^
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又忍着邪恶的笑意 z@ 2NAC
跳着跑开了 nL9m{$Zv
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 -O\`G<s%
但这暗示也许过于深奥 c(:GsoO
可能在三年前 d4/ZOj+%
或者就在上个星期二 1:?WvDN=
不是就有一片落叶 \7RP6o
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? 'Q# KjY
一个人的东西曾经掉落 ]. eGsh2
又被另一个人拣起来 V<b"jCXI
谁知道呢 >5\rU[H>
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 j:g/[_0s
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某个门把手上 'j|;M
或者某个门铃上 MOXDR
两个人的手 2!A/]:[F
也许曾经放在同一个位置 9!tRM-
两个人的包 ."${.BPn~
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 HghNI
甚至 \%UA6uj
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 9i n& \
只是第二天早上起来 o`G@Je_}x
却忘掉了 >Py=H+d!j
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每一次开始 ."dmL=
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都只是一种继续 k z<We/
而两个人之间的故事 ydw')Em
却永远只写了一半 5E$)Ip
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