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by Wislawa Szymborska :2C
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that a sudden feeling had united them IA]wO%c
This certainty is beautiful, 3Lq9pdM>2@
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. Cx.##n0
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They thought they didn't know each other, -o!bO9vC
nothing had ever happened between them. LEOa=(mN\
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, l+hOD{F4pS
they could have passed each other long ago Em5,Zr_
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I would like to ask them, Ryxu#]s
if they can remember - ;'08-Et
perhaps in a revolving door k hD)x0'b
face to face one day? Y5;afU='
A "sorry" in the crowd? w9O!L9 6
"Wrong number" on the phone? >gM"*Laa?
- but I know the answer. W|uRQA`
No, they don't remember. u4m8^fj+T
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How surprised they would be 3G2iRr.o
for such a long time already Oe
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fate has been playing with them. *,*O.#<6
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Not quite yet ready "bWx<
to change into destiny, lQvgq
which brings them nearer and yet further, T:H~Y+qnt
barriering their path U,61 3G
and suppressing a laugh, nKnrh]hX
leaped aside. eMmNQRmH
There were signs, indications, s8P3H|0.-
but maybe just undecipherable. hlze]d?z
Three years ago, perhaps bqp^\yu-E
or even last Tuesday, 2k^rZ^^"
this leaf flying }Q ]-Y :
from one shoulder to another? @pYC!;n+
Something was dropped and then picked up. 3]9Rmx
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished ,9_O4O%
into childhood bushes? wAX;)PLg
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There were handles, door bells, )Ho"b
where, on the trace of a hand, KZVdW@DY
another hand was placed; sK&kp=zu
suitcases next to one another in the y@1QVt04
left luggage. d!Gy#<H
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, NqNU:_}
suddenly erased after waking. tY!l}:E[
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Every beginning J[hmY= ,
is only a sequel, after all, 'g'RXC}D>
and the book of fate .s!0S-RkC
is always just half open. jWi~Q o+
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他们都以为 _od /)#
是那瞬间的感觉 G e]NA]<
将他们结合在一起 )z18:C3
这种确定的感觉很美 @U1|?~M%s
但那种不确定的感觉 r=vY-p
却更加妙不可言 >wt.)c?5
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 Jvsy
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也许从来没有发生过任何联系 xU0iz{9
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 ^"54Q^SH
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 h$6'9rL&i
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我想问问他们 dh [kx
是否记得在某个回转门 l5&5VC)
那个面对面的瞬间? fR'!p: ~
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」?
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或者电话里的一句「打错了」? fHEIys,{
但我已经知道答案了 lX"m|W
不,他们并不记得 2y!aXk\#C
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他们一定会十分惊讶 GA[D@Wy
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 <jF&+[*iT
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但这运气 izaqEz
却还没有成为命运 3HYdb|y
它曾让他们如此接近 a3\~AO H%
却又让他们擦肩而过 ,IqE<i!U
阻断他们之间的联系 !&g_hmnIF
又忍着邪恶的笑意 ,pdzi9@=t
跳着跑开了 &y=OZ
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 mI4GBp
但这暗示也许过于深奥 hZL!%sL7
可能在三年前 vo\'ycPv
或者就在上个星期二 :.]EM*p?GV
不是就有一片落叶 b+J|yM<`
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? z _\L@b
一个人的东西曾经掉落 (@xC-*
又被另一个人拣起来 ?hc=w 2Ci
谁知道呢 vfv?QjR
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 )e`9U.C
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某个门把手上 7sOAaWx
或者某个门铃上 rA B=H*|6
两个人的手 wbKJ:eWgt
也许曾经放在同一个位置 ,&=7ir14>R
两个人的包 Xn%7{%;h
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 Ao` e{
甚至 5CN=a2&
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 JmK
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只是第二天早上起来 h'=)dFw7
却忘掉了 { >izfG,\
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每一次开始 y'odn ;
也许 mhhc}dS(H
都只是一种继续 8~-TN1H
而两个人之间的故事 |^UQVNJ
却永远只写了一半 )^s>2 1
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