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that a sudden feeling had united them gT,iH.
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but uncertainty is more beautiful still. y
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They thought they didn't know each other, >N}+O<Fc
nothing had ever happened between them. 5Z#(C#
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, TY` R_
they could have passed each other long ago ?,[$8V
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I would like to ask them, \\d8ulu
if they can remember - RtDTcaW/
perhaps in a revolving door g|4>S<uC
face to face one day? ^?0?*
A "sorry" in the crowd? N~S#(.}[
"Wrong number" on the phone? ma"M? aM
- but I know the answer. A v;NQt8ut
No, they don't remember. 1 7iw`@
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How surprised they would be +j$nbU0U
for such a long time already k9VWyq__
fate has been playing with them. ]J/;Xp
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Not quite yet ready V=Bmpg
to change into destiny, {`Mb ),G
which brings them nearer and yet further, )]m4FC:
barriering their path Uf?+oc'{
and suppressing a laugh, gAsjkNt?
leaped aside. 87KSV"IU8
There were signs, indications, ZOx;]D"s
but maybe just undecipherable. UM0#S}
Three years ago, perhaps Kf$6D 79#
or even last Tuesday, \fYPz }wt
this leaf flying X[?E{[@Z
from one shoulder to another? zNEN[
Something was dropped and then picked up. t!>0^['g4
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished 8Kn}o@Yd
into childhood bushes? ICTjUQP
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There were handles, door bells, NxFCVqGb
where, on the trace of a hand, qa6HwlC1
another hand was placed; !yKrA|w1
suitcases next to one another in the QP@@h4J^
left luggage. Ku3NE-)
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, 7CX5pRNL
suddenly erased after waking. a@?ebCE
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Every beginning _~*ba+{
is only a sequel, after all, x3jjtjf
and the book of fate gDH|I;!
is always just half open. E
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他们都以为 s>TC~d82
是那瞬间的感觉 x LK,Je
将他们结合在一起 !__^M3S,k
这种确定的感觉很美 mxwG~a'_
但那种不确定的感觉 sq8O+AWl
却更加妙不可言 h{?f
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 qJXfc||Zg
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 |CBJ8],mT
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 KF`mOSP
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 hm1.UE
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我想问问他们 ~AF'
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是否记得在某个回转门 T7M];@q
那个面对面的瞬间? obgO-d9l
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? Ti#x62X{
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? mx2Ov u
但我已经知道答案了 7~H$p X
不,他们并不记得 ;$4:
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他们一定会十分惊讶 F@ZB6~T~.
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 5ai$W`6
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但这运气 U8zs=tA
却还没有成为命运 "m}N
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它曾让他们如此接近 op_
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却又让他们擦肩而过 2W63/kRbU
阻断他们之间的联系 Ye[Fu/0
又忍着邪恶的笑意 SQJ4}w>i
跳着跑开了 #*}cc
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 miY=xwK&
但这暗示也许过于深奥 EDA6b]
可能在三年前 O*Z-3l
或者就在上个星期二 *uF Iw}C/
不是就有一片落叶 01+TVWKX
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? C3C&hq\%
一个人的东西曾经掉落 `O?j -zR
又被另一个人拣起来 W{kTM4
谁知道呢 [Lf8*U"
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 4&B|rf
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某个门把手上 O+~@S~
或者某个门铃上 \Oe8h#%
两个人的手 o~VZ%B
也许曾经放在同一个位置 `Z
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两个人的包 Ja%isIdh
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 X@~R<
甚至 $oi8<8Y
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 Ga;Lm?6-
只是第二天早上起来 $ Vsf?ID
却忘掉了 qwd
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每一次开始 s>ZlW:jY
也许 XeAH.i<
都只是一种继续 rX|{nb
而两个人之间的故事 ,WS{O6O7
却永远只写了一半 l_T5KV
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