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They both thought @e8b'w3
that a sudden feeling had united them 5I`j'j
This certainty is beautiful, 3}@3pVS
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. c>#T\AEkF
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They thought they didn't know each other, h.d-a/
nothing had ever happened between them. y3{'s>O6
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, r:]t9y>$<
they could have passed each other long ago HT0VdvLw
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I would like to ask them, sG[v vm
if they can remember - T2<?4^xN
perhaps in a revolving door {VtmQU?cJ
face to face one day? cVYDO*N2T
A "sorry" in the crowd? S
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"Wrong number" on the phone? B9^@d
- but I know the answer. |T\`wcP`q
No, they don't remember. r"sK@
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How surprised they would be &TJMop Vn
for such a long time already
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fate has been playing with them. I
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Not quite yet ready ;rXkU9
to change into destiny, R?MRRq
which brings them nearer and yet further, E
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barriering their path 44C"Pl
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and suppressing a laugh, h_#x@p
leaped aside. }%Mj`Bh
There were signs, indications, W^#HR
but maybe just undecipherable. {9:[nqX
Three years ago, perhaps B3|h$aKC
or even last Tuesday, O{b<UP'85
this leaf flying sA$x2[*O
from one shoulder to another? 6a6;]lsG
Something was dropped and then picked up. sdN@ZP
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished cCx@VT`0
into childhood bushes? +yYxHIOZ(
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There were handles, door bells, WzG]9$v &
where, on the trace of a hand, omz%:'m`~
another hand was placed; j3>0oe!
suitcases next to one another in the KYa}k0tVAp
left luggage. [hzw..?g
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, `W>cA64 o
suddenly erased after waking. z ntvKOIh
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Every beginning Q^13KWvuV
is only a sequel, after all, *Z}^T:3iw}
and the book of fate %87D(h!.I4
is always just half open. 1g_p`(
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他们都以为 [0c7fH`8V
是那瞬间的感觉 wHx@&Tp
将他们结合在一起 5rp,xk!
这种确定的感觉很美 oKyl2jg+,
但那种不确定的感觉 (h{"/sR
却更加妙不可言 CCoT
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 ?{=&R o
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 p>M8:,
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 m\*;Fx
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 f2h`bO
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我想问问他们 M2Q*#U>6r
是否记得在某个回转门 L#h uTKX}
那个面对面的瞬间? JG^fu*K
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? wFbw3>'a9
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? `-_kOxe3
但我已经知道答案了 ohEIr2
不,他们并不记得 F:$*0!
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他们一定会十分惊讶 z`]sWi F0
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 #su R[K*S
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但这运气 ,8.Fd|#L
却还没有成为命运 813t=A
它曾让他们如此接近 Rtywi}VV2
却又让他们擦肩而过 r0^ *|+
阻断他们之间的联系 $Gs9"~z?;
又忍着邪恶的笑意 Cx~,wk;=
跳着跑开了 ZNfQM&<d
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 'kuLkM,
但这暗示也许过于深奥 o?,c#g
可能在三年前 FTgqE@
或者就在上个星期二 $sILCn
不是就有一片落叶 k'6x_
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从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? x*'2%3C~
一个人的东西曾经掉落 N1D{ %
又被另一个人拣起来 !)r1zSY"g
谁知道呢 pNFVa<D
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 DhVO}g)2#
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某个门把手上 aHR+4m~)
或者某个门铃上 w;b;rHAZ\
两个人的手 (e"\%p`
也许曾经放在同一个位置 Wf!u?nH.5
两个人的包 $y$E1A6h+
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 Z Jgy!)1n
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 t~v_k\`{
只是第二天早上起来 PAD&sTjE*
却忘掉了 Q]1s*P
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每一次开始 e6`g[Ap
也许 6N\f>c
都只是一种继续 [AHoTlPZ
而两个人之间的故事 +b
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却永远只写了一半 pQ,|l$^m
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