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by Wislawa Szymborska &.+n
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They both thought 9QX~aX
that a sudden feeling had united them P*0nT
This certainty is beautiful, z'\}/k+
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. [0tfY0
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They thought they didn't know each other, E.H,1 {
nothing had ever happened between them. $$bTd3N+
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, XL. CJ5y>
they could have passed each other long ago P- `~]]
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I would like to ask them, 'Tru?y\
if they can remember - YP$*;l
perhaps in a revolving door 23(E3:.
face to face one day? mD ^qx0o<
A "sorry" in the crowd? %0~wtZH_!
"Wrong number" on the phone? MW",r;l<aM
- but I know the answer. #2lvfR|
No, they don't remember. fbzKO^Ub
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How surprised they would be Hl3XqR
for such a long time already V ~J2s
fate has been playing with them. C\a:eSgaC
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Not quite yet ready k8x&aH
to change into destiny, Ddm76LS
which brings them nearer and yet further, ~f]r>jQM
barriering their path }!Diai*C
and suppressing a laugh, N[
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leaped aside. v]`A_)[
There were signs, indications, *,[=}v1
but maybe just undecipherable. IK? $!jh
Three years ago, perhaps YTPmS\ H _
or even last Tuesday, B*iz+"H
this leaf flying Isgk
from one shoulder to another? S w(
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Something was dropped and then picked up. Rw{v"n
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished !BikF4Y1L&
into childhood bushes? ?.A/E?Oc
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There were handles, door bells, z%dlajYm:
where, on the trace of a hand, U?^|>cMr
another hand was placed; _>m*`:Wb
suitcases next to one another in the |ShRxE3@'
left luggage. 8Bt-
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, n03SXaU~V
suddenly erased after waking. g5 |\G%dOt
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Every beginning !>@V#I
is only a sequel, after all, Iy4MMU
and the book of fate WblV`"~e
is always just half open. FC(cXPX}
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他们都以为 # +]! u%n
是那瞬间的感觉 V1>94/waa
将他们结合在一起 6Vzc:8o>
这种确定的感觉很美 2,Dc]oj
但那种不确定的感觉
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却更加妙不可言 +sl uu!~
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 X$&Sw3c
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 *B<I> <'G
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 ~+nSI-L
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 zwrZ^
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我想问问他们 d1La7|43u
是否记得在某个回转门 E=*Q\3G~
那个面对面的瞬间? wEc5{ b5M
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? 7CMgvH)O
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? cH-Zj
但我已经知道答案了 n4&j<zAV{
不,他们并不记得 ?N*@o.
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他们一定会十分惊讶 sx^? Iw,N'
原来 ;Hr@0f
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 64>[pZF8
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但这运气 uBkny;
却还没有成为命运 xa0%;nFKe
它曾让他们如此接近 TXl9c6
却又让他们擦肩而过 c] R![sa
阻断他们之间的联系 +i!M[
又忍着邪恶的笑意 B[|/wHMsT}
跳着跑开了 gj;G:;1m
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 76r
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但这暗示也许过于深奥 j77}{5@p
可能在三年前 ~MQf($]
或者就在上个星期二 Q%1;{5
不是就有一片落叶 Z|dZc wo
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? WA5kX SdIb
一个人的东西曾经掉落 es FL<T
又被另一个人拣起来 NS;8&