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They both thought N]W*ei
that a sudden feeling had united them =zn'0g,J4
This certainty is beautiful, dy6zrgxygP
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. ?nc:bC
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They thought they didn't know each other, VD.TosVeWo
nothing had ever happened between them. \92M\S
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, q{9vY:`[
they could have passed each other long ago P`Zon
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I would like to ask them, "(mJupI
if they can remember - I"x'
perhaps in a revolving door *8)?ZZMM
face to face one day? (XOz_K6c%K
A "sorry" in the crowd? iF`_-t/k
"Wrong number" on the phone? 1EV bGe%b
- but I know the answer. nFni1cCD
No, they don't remember. 7@{%S~TN
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How surprised they would be !{l% 3'2
for such a long time already U4d7-&U
fate has been playing with them. dC6>&@
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Not quite yet ready O<vBuD2
to change into destiny, 9':Ipf&x
which brings them nearer and yet further, W1)SgiXnuy
barriering their path 0Jv6?7]LKa
and suppressing a laugh, (%R%UkwP9
leaped aside. $j- Fm:ZIA
There were signs, indications, X0j\nXk
but maybe just undecipherable. F>.y>h
Three years ago, perhaps *A9v8$
or even last Tuesday, >"/TiQt
this leaf flying v J0v6\
from one shoulder to another? s$(%]~P
Something was dropped and then picked up. S\Z*7j3;M
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished t3$ cX_
into childhood bushes? ytj});,>
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There were handles, door bells, cs2-jbRn
where, on the trace of a hand,
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another hand was placed; XB'rh F8rl
suitcases next to one another in the oN}\bK
left luggage. ~T}D#}
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, E zcch1
suddenly erased after waking. "*zDb|v
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Every beginning g(P7CX+y
is only a sequel, after all, f?Ex$gnI
and the book of fate 2@(+l*.Q
is always just half open. *c#DB{N
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他们都以为 I6WHC*
是那瞬间的感觉 ULew ~j
将他们结合在一起 U$D:gZ
这种确定的感觉很美 !wAnsK
但那种不确定的感觉 >XZ2w_
却更加妙不可言 2\{/|\
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 B)/&xQu
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 EW]DzL3
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 7_Vd%<:
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 0of:tZU
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我想问问他们 tLJ 7tnB
是否记得在某个回转门 M]V
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那个面对面的瞬间? pYCMJK-H
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? {X,-T&
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? GGHMpQ
但我已经知道答案了 |%4nU#GoB
不,他们并不记得 4P Sbr$
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他们一定会十分惊讶 n}NUe`E_h
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 PM*lnd#J
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但这运气 pz2E+o
却还没有成为命运 '\H
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它曾让他们如此接近 >a@1y8B
却又让他们擦肩而过 :SFf}
阻断他们之间的联系 #d8]cm=
又忍着邪恶的笑意 bIt{kzuQC
跳着跑开了 !@gjIYq_Y
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 _u-tRHh|A
但这暗示也许过于深奥 f:q2JgX
可能在三年前 \ bNDeA&l
或者就在上个星期二 QdZHIgh`i
不是就有一片落叶 AJ
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从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? /L,iF?7
一个人的东西曾经掉落 \(Dm\7Q.
又被另一个人拣起来 $xvwnbq#y
谁知道呢 '(ETXQ@
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 @bkSA
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某个门把手上 K0*er
或者某个门铃上 s/?(G L+Ae
两个人的手 x =JZ"|TE
也许曾经放在同一个位置 aS3-A4
两个人的包 *[nS*D\:
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 (4l M3clF
甚至 9Lt3^MKa"
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 }2y"F@{T
只是第二天早上起来 a6T!)g
却忘掉了 8QFRX'i
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每一次开始 Wi)N/^;n
也许 !H^R_GC
都只是一种继续 Wbmqf
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而两个人之间的故事 PClwGO8'&
却永远只写了一半 k:s86q
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