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that a sudden feeling had united them 8S
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This certainty is beautiful, #\{l"-
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. H*n-_{h"t
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They thought they didn't know each other, zpn9,,~u
nothing had ever happened between them. yZY \MB/
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, gjyYCjF
they could have passed each other long ago k t#fMd$
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I would like to ask them, LH.]DVj
if they can remember - tAd%#:K
perhaps in a revolving door h8q[1"a:
face to face one day? $S6`}3
A "sorry" in the crowd? au(D66VO
"Wrong number" on the phone? Z?q]bSIT
- but I know the answer. +HpA:]#Y
No, they don't remember. ,Fl)^Gl8?
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How surprised they would be /KaZHR.
for such a long time already !qQl@j O
fate has been playing with them. /{J4:N'B>
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Not quite yet ready NN{?z!
to change into destiny, >h9IM$2
which brings them nearer and yet further, 9<?M8_
barriering their path Dj?> <@
and suppressing a laugh, O`kl\K*R7
leaped aside. oCv.Ln1;Z
There were signs, indications, .hb:s,0mP
but maybe just undecipherable. hh%-(HaLX3
Three years ago, perhaps ub0.J#j@
or even last Tuesday, Vm(y7}Aq{
this leaf flying H2 {+)
from one shoulder to another? SHxNr(wJ<Q
Something was dropped and then picked up. 6Pnjmw.HV
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished qA7>vi%
into childhood bushes? 7F7{)L
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There were handles, door bells,
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where, on the trace of a hand, wmL'F:UP
another hand was placed; | j`@eF/"
suitcases next to one another in the 1=c\Rr9]
left luggage.
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Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, pj{`';
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suddenly erased after waking. i>A s;*
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Every beginning nnEgx;Nl0
is only a sequel, after all, R?|.pq/Ln
and the book of fate 10~k2{Z
is always just half open. _/$Bpr{R
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他们都以为 =[{i{x|Qz
是那瞬间的感觉 iN\4gQ!
将他们结合在一起 Yui3+}Ms
这种确定的感觉很美 wE>\7a*P%
但那种不确定的感觉 [A~xy'T
却更加妙不可言 %P/Jq#FE.
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 Tbih+#?
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 %6,SKg p
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 Id'-&tYG
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 z&)A,ryW0
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我想问问他们 WIT>!|w_
是否记得在某个回转门 w~A{(-
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那个面对面的瞬间? Q#X8u-~
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? t;Sb/ 3
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? Pb4X\9^
但我已经知道答案了 Ad8n<zt|
不,他们并不记得 jDfC=a])
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他们一定会十分惊讶 2DtM20<>
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 n8
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但这运气 w^|*m/h|@u
却还没有成为命运 L:j<c5
它曾让他们如此接近 k 8[n+^
却又让他们擦肩而过 &\WSQmtto
阻断他们之间的联系 $?Hu#Kn,(
又忍着邪恶的笑意 ;kQhx6Z
跳着跑开了 3>AMII
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 ]"hFC<w
但这暗示也许过于深奥 ,{u
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可能在三年前 gnOt+W8
或者就在上个星期二 8,4"uuI
不是就有一片落叶 ^R7lom.
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上?
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一个人的东西曾经掉落 v5#jZ$<F
又被另一个人拣起来 E)5\i-n
谁知道呢 t7Iv?5]N
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 3*"WG O5
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某个门把手上 O~#!l"0 L+
或者某个门铃上 1y@i}<9F
两个人的手 _lJ!R:*
也许曾经放在同一个位置 r"3=44St
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也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 m{Wu"
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 M>xK+q?O
只是第二天早上起来 K*vt;L
却忘掉了 L2[($l
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每一次开始 T"}5}6rSG
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都只是一种继续 O-0x8 O^B
而两个人之间的故事 5K1)1E/Fu
却永远只写了一半 F`9xVnK=
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