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that a sudden feeling had united them mtOrb9`m
This certainty is beautiful, S,8zh/1y
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. ev?>Nq+Z
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They thought they didn't know each other, |;_
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nothing had ever happened between them. 2hpx%H
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, 0"QE,pLe4
they could have passed each other long ago %eah=e
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I would like to ask them, 8@qahEgQ
if they can remember - gvU6p[ D
perhaps in a revolving door p5H Mg\hT
face to face one day? Ci*5E$+\
A "sorry" in the crowd? SUVr&S6Nk
"Wrong number" on the phone? wk/->Rz
- but I know the answer. ,H%\+yn{
No, they don't remember. Ml3F\ fAW
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How surprised they would be ?eO|s5r
for such a long time already 95<:-?4C;W
fate has been playing with them. aH$~':[93
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Not quite yet ready dG rA18
to change into destiny, H{XW?O^@
which brings them nearer and yet further, ;PHnv5 x@f
barriering their path Yx%%+c?.
and suppressing a laugh, Z
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leaped aside. Q d./G5CC
There were signs, indications, VO`A
but maybe just undecipherable. +?<jSmGW
Three years ago, perhaps ` WB|h)Y
or even last Tuesday, Vg+SXq6G
this leaf flying 9j"\Lr*o"
from one shoulder to another? QE gv,J{
Something was dropped and then picked up. w-"&;klV
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished q-Qws0\v.
into childhood bushes? [Ok8l='
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There were handles, door bells, $!f$R`R^Q\
where, on the trace of a hand, Dpd$&Wr0Y
another hand was placed; 8if"U xV(
suitcases next to one another in the >
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left luggage. .9xGLmg
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, 8zCAy@u
suddenly erased after waking. 54{"ni2a
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Every beginning J]0#M:w&
is only a sequel, after all, P1QJ'eC;T
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is always just half open. "!tB";n
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他们都以为 ?N
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是那瞬间的感觉 >I?Mi{'a
将他们结合在一起 Lvq]SzOw
这种确定的感觉很美 !iVFzG
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但那种不确定的感觉 wM)w[
却更加妙不可言 o0'av+e7
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 F47n_JV!d
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 uKy *N*}
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 O+?zn:
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 |S{P`)z%f
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我想问问他们 q4i8Sp>
是否记得在某个回转门 -y?Z}5-rs
那个面对面的瞬间? 4E>(Y98
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? SN(=e#ljE
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? fWyDWU
但我已经知道答案了 gKN_~{{OD
不,他们并不记得 LG#w/).^
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他们一定会十分惊讶 Wk?|BR]O
原来 //lZmyP?
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 1gm/{w6O
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但这运气 nnL$m_K~
却还没有成为命运 uV_)JZW,L
它曾让他们如此接近 `^L<db^A
却又让他们擦肩而过 7;'.5,-3c
阻断他们之间的联系 Nf 'dT;s.N
又忍着邪恶的笑意 =t$mbI
跳着跑开了 :{:?D\%6
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 Gv,92ny!|
但这暗示也许过于深奥 _MbVF>JOx
可能在三年前 hlFU"u_
或者就在上个星期二 #)A?PO2
不是就有一片落叶 CY3 \:D0I
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? (1SO;8k\
一个人的东西曾经掉落 f=_?<I{
又被另一个人拣起来 G^rh*cb K
谁知道呢 ZqbM%(=z(`
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 A
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某个门把手上 '%-xe3
或者某个门铃上 y-<PsP-I
两个人的手 +%}5{lu_e
也许曾经放在同一个位置 tw4am.o1]
两个人的包 _`@Xy!Ye
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 t7oz9fSz=?
甚至 9hR:y.
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 -{8Q= N
只是第二天早上起来 0Dm`Ek3A7x
却忘掉了 Gj7QGIKx
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每一次开始 jO&f*rxN
也许 [wy3Ld
都只是一种继续 |T$a+lHMD
而两个人之间的故事 O5TK&j
却永远只写了一半 4-M6C 5#.
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