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by Wislawa Szymborska X6PfOep
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They both thought N24+P5
that a sudden feeling had united them ]HRE-g
This certainty is beautiful, )]>9\(
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. {^~{X$YI
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They thought they didn't know each other, dK=BH=S2?X
nothing had ever happened between them. r`5;G4UI
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, ^b4o 0me
they could have passed each other long ago ;@sxE}`?g
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I would like to ask them, `ul"D%
if they can remember - E;N+B34
perhaps in a revolving door Lbd_L
face to face one day? G"'DoP7p9
A "sorry" in the crowd? ?[kO= hs
"Wrong number" on the phone? A!NT 2YdHZ
- but I know the answer. 4>(?R[:p)
No, they don't remember. #df Aqg'
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How surprised they would be g?`w)O7v
for such a long time already /8.;
fate has been playing with them. ;$nK
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Not quite yet ready D}:D,s8UP
to change into destiny, SN+&'?$WD
which brings them nearer and yet further, j,Mp["X&
barriering their path 7IHWj<
and suppressing a laugh, _ TUw0:&
leaped aside. vWow^g
There were signs, indications, ;e-iiC]PI
but maybe just undecipherable. m0:8thZN
Three years ago, perhaps z\fk?Tj<ro
or even last Tuesday, ,TL~];J'
this leaf flying {C
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from one shoulder to another? D0uf=BbS
Something was dropped and then picked up. &:Q""e!
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished Um%E/0j
into childhood bushes? |%$d/<<PZ
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There were handles, door bells, DD;PmIW
where, on the trace of a hand, lVMAab
another hand was placed; B} &C
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suitcases next to one another in the h$lY,7
left luggage. \2W( >_z
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, 7m8L!t9
suddenly erased after waking. d8|:)7PSt
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Every beginning )U8F6GIC&}
is only a sequel, after all, |]Ockg[
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is always just half open. 4iDo.1B"
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他们都以为 Yh"R#
是那瞬间的感觉 S7-?&[oeJ
将他们结合在一起 Dz.U&+*
这种确定的感觉很美 Rb#?c+&#
但那种不确定的感觉 5FzG_ w
却更加妙不可言 V$@@!q
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 6Bs_"
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也许从来没有发生过任何联系 GMksr%0Pj
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 S# SA :>8s
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 ZSxKk6n}J
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我想问问他们 n_iq85
是否记得在某个回转门 vVE^Y
那个面对面的瞬间? ;0@"1`
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? Jg^tr>I~
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? 3&_(D)+
但我已经知道答案了 gm4-w 9M[p
不,他们并不记得 0M pX.0
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他们一定会十分惊讶 %o.+B~r
原来 %N>@( .
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 _M{m6k(h
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但这运气 2N `Vx3
却还没有成为命运 aNfgSo05@n
它曾让他们如此接近 (n#
却又让他们擦肩而过 eDG=-a4
阻断他们之间的联系 |)1"*`z
又忍着邪恶的笑意 y=-d*E
跳着跑开了 ZO:{9vt=/
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 %x L3=4\
但这暗示也许过于深奥 R0 {+Xd
可能在三年前 v^JyVf>
或者就在上个星期二 %J3#4gG^v
不是就有一片落叶 r0?`t!%V
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? PE+N5n2Tl
一个人的东西曾经掉落 eF!c<
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又被另一个人拣起来 ;p1%KmK3
谁知道呢 RDk{;VED{
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 F^KoEWj[H
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某个门把手上 ">NBPanJ
或者某个门铃上 'Zk&AD ~
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也许曾经放在同一个位置 ptYQP^6S[
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也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 7J##IH+z35
甚至 Oxy.V+R
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 (]'4_~e
只是第二天早上起来 O]i}r`E8,
却忘掉了 eRC@b^~
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每一次开始 IN),Lu0K
也许 {U7j
都只是一种继续 X2Y-TET
而两个人之间的故事 amgYr$)m
却永远只写了一半 ^i#F+Q`1
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