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They both thought .YnP%X=
that a sudden feeling had united them ~5XL@j I^
This certainty is beautiful, _#y(w%
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. .x\/XlM
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They thought they didn't know each other, uyS^W'fF
nothing had ever happened between them. {7j6$.7J$&
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, 3N)Ycf8
they could have passed each other long ago "W3n
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I would like to ask them, v '"1/% L
if they can remember - }R?v"6aBS
perhaps in a revolving door lN*1zM<6;
face to face one day? \(3Qqbw
A "sorry" in the crowd? u(TgWp5WF
"Wrong number" on the phone? 0%q{UW2
- but I know the answer. )l 4>=y
No, they don't remember. w[J
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How surprised they would be Wfi:wCqZG
for such a long time already 2<\yky
fate has been playing with them. Ah8^^h|TPJ
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Not quite yet ready '>S8t/
to change into destiny, tDuUAI54
which brings them nearer and yet further, CBz(hCaI
barriering their path [E..VesrM
and suppressing a laugh, 945
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leaped aside. E@'CU9Fo
There were signs, indications, d=.n|rS4
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but maybe just undecipherable. uHujw.H/y
Three years ago, perhaps y5Z<uwXc
or even last Tuesday, wj";h Aw
this leaf flying ^bY^x+d
from one shoulder to another? K"t:B
Something was dropped and then picked up. 0|wKR|zW
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished q:D0$YY0
into childhood bushes? o q'J*6r
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There were handles, door bells, w;h\Y+Myyk
where, on the trace of a hand, p8}5x 2F
another hand was placed; <*~BG)b
suitcases next to one another in the H*:r>Lm=
left luggage. I1}{~@
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, EFT02#F_f
suddenly erased after waking. ,*O{jc`(
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Every beginning <or>bo^
is only a sequel, after all, {XVf|zM,
and the book of fate }fa%JN %E
is always just half open. 04T*\G^:=
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他们都以为 \I o?ul}za
是那瞬间的感觉 Sv^'CpQ
将他们结合在一起 uq#h\p|
这种确定的感觉很美 bCac.x#jo
但那种不确定的感觉 vY+_tpuEH
却更加妙不可言 =+sIX3
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 +%cr?g
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 8d*<Aki?;
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 KWuj_.;
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 xa%ktn
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我想问问他们 4-?`#
是否记得在某个回转门 =[tls^
那个面对面的瞬间? QWQ6j#`
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? J1v0
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或者电话里的一句「打错了」? 5M.n'*
但我已经知道答案了 4|o{_g[
不,他们并不记得 ~sU!
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他们一定会十分惊讶 5 xzB1n8
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 6w`}+3
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但这运气 ;0_J7
却还没有成为命运 1wNY}3
它曾让他们如此接近 pl^"1Z=*
却又让他们擦肩而过 NtP.)
阻断他们之间的联系 +/UXy2VRt$
又忍着邪恶的笑意 Q17o5##x7
跳着跑开了 W;AWO0+
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 tEs[zo+DR-
但这暗示也许过于深奥 VA&OI;=ri
可能在三年前 fylA0{
或者就在上个星期二 c%,6L <[
不是就有一片落叶 +\(ay"+ d
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? s)'_{ A"h
一个人的东西曾经掉落 `] dx%
又被另一个人拣起来 ?0)XS<
谁知道呢 i(cb&;Xx:A
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 V;+$/>J`vB
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某个门把手上 5]n<%bP\
或者某个门铃上 !Pjg&19
两个人的手 -D^y)
也许曾经放在同一个位置 EvardUB)
两个人的包 p(&o'{fb
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 Y`_X@Q
甚至 Dqcu$V]
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 e.Q K%
只是第二天早上起来 ~ FrkLP
却忘掉了 a>jI_)L
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每一次开始 XTXo xZ#w
也许 iI Nu`>I
都只是一种继续 `h{mj|~
而两个人之间的故事 bqwW9D(
却永远只写了一半 vz_g2.7l\
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