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They both thought -f0Nb+AR
that a sudden feeling had united them jR@j+p^e
This certainty is beautiful, X>mY`$!/
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. P F!S
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They thought they didn't know each other, 6#XB'PR2p
nothing had ever happened between them. ODK$G
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These streets, these stairs, this corridors, Y:C7S~
they could have passed each other long ago OKfJ
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I would like to ask them, yc5C`r +6
if they can remember - "Mgx5d
perhaps in a revolving door :mLcb.E
face to face one day? C=ni5R
A "sorry" in the crowd? ua1ov7w$]
"Wrong number" on the phone? BP2-LG&\
- but I know the answer. <va3L y)c&
No, they don't remember. 9I8{2]
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How surprised they would be \P]w^
for such a long time already Ev;HV}G
fate has been playing with them. }f)$+mi
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Not quite yet ready $X_JUzb
to change into destiny, @-bX[}.
which brings them nearer and yet further, _^Lv8a3(O
barriering their path ][-N<
and suppressing a laugh, jC1mui|Y^
leaped aside. h+Km |
There were signs, indications, 4g]Er<-P
but maybe just undecipherable. ?Y2ZqI
Three years ago, perhaps ~vnG^y>%
or even last Tuesday, e2Sm.H '
this leaf flying LtKiJ.j?A
from one shoulder to another? t3K7W2bz
Something was dropped and then picked up. D.o|pTZ
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished }f np}L
into childhood bushes? kf+]bV
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There were handles, door bells, c%v[p8
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where, on the trace of a hand, jq#_*&Eg]
another hand was placed; $$~x: iN
suitcases next to one another in the Tx?,]c,(u
left luggage. 1a3rA
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, (&0%![j&
suddenly erased after waking. Qj~m;F!
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Every beginning 8R Wfv}:X
is only a sequel, after all, GwxxW
and the book of fate |cStN[97%
is always just half open. #}L75
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一见钟情 #k8bZ?*:
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他们都以为 C{!L +]/
是那瞬间的感觉 Mit,X
将他们结合在一起 V%'`nJ!
这种确定的感觉很美 XVAyuuTg\
但那种不确定的感觉 'gk.J
却更加妙不可言 B
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 &=H{ 36i@
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 w*<XPBi
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 NR-d|`P;
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 ?>5[~rMn
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我想问问他们 TjxZ-qw<
是否记得在某个回转门 <uUQ-]QOIh
那个面对面的瞬间? yjUZ40Dq
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? 90> (`pI=
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? `rsPIOu
但我已经知道答案了 Mg;%];2Nt
不,他们并不记得 5G=<2;
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他们一定会十分惊讶 dt(~)*~R
原来 ia
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 lY/{X]T.(
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但这运气 QQUeY2}
却还没有成为命运 tAFKq>\
它曾让他们如此接近 )&]gX
却又让他们擦肩而过 w2!G"oD
阻断他们之间的联系 n4Nb,)M
又忍着邪恶的笑意 SLp &_S@4
跳着跑开了 P'f
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 {'VP_ZS1v
但这暗示也许过于深奥 r(xh5{^x
可能在三年前 ,gGIkl&
或者就在上个星期二 t-Rfy`I3
不是就有一片落叶 D7|[:``
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? MTo<COp($
一个人的东西曾经掉落 nmZz`P9g
又被另一个人拣起来 <<`*o[^L
谁知道呢 :;W[@DeO[
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 B.CUk.
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某个门把手上 E^w2IIw
或者某个门铃上 ifj%!*
两个人的手 y\Kr@;q0w
也许曾经放在同一个位置 H"czF
两个人的包 K}"xZy Tm1
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 Qb<i,`SN
甚至 Qd;P?W6
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 a5=8zO#%g
只是第二天早上起来 D ]Q,~Y&'
却忘掉了 xY9#ouF
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每一次开始 1BT]_ cP
也许 eJA$J=^R;
都只是一种继续 MyB&mC7Es
而两个人之间的故事 u(l[~r>8W;
却永远只写了一半 rx2?y3pv
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