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They both thought x$QOOE]
that a sudden feeling had united them ,'v ]U@WK
This certainty is beautiful, (Gf1#,/3~
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. cF_ Y}C
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They thought they didn't know each other, \|BtgT *$b
nothing had ever happened between them. B_i@D?bTD
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, |lm
they could have passed each other long ago poGF
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I would like to ask them, MLtfi{;LH
if they can remember - jY-{hW+r
perhaps in a revolving door i64a]=
face to face one day? tH,}_Bp
A "sorry" in the crowd? }BlVLf%C
"Wrong number" on the phone? u7ZSs-LuHw
- but I know the answer. wo5"f}vd#
No, they don't remember. v~[=|_{
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How surprised they would be dqwAQ-x
for such a long time already Z)<ljW
fate has been playing with them. %Ui&SZ\
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Not quite yet ready {" S"V
to change into destiny, &Ey5 H?U!
which brings them nearer and yet further, xgn@1.}G
barriering their path ~J^Gzl
and suppressing a laugh, !FX0Nx=oi
leaped aside. 1q]V/V}
There were signs, indications, 5, R\tJCK
but maybe just undecipherable. e7T"?s
Three years ago, perhaps cq >{
or even last Tuesday, P95U{
this leaf flying 2>Hl=bX
from one shoulder to another? =hxj B*")
Something was dropped and then picked up. ;XNe:g.CR
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished +[:"$?J
into childhood bushes? Qz2Yw `
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There were handles, door bells, TCYjj:/
where, on the trace of a hand, -lV]((I&
another hand was placed; G7yCGT)vQ
suitcases next to one another in the lyNa(3
left luggage. ?
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Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, _)
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suddenly erased after waking. 3 GmU$w
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is only a sequel, after all, .I$Q3%s
and the book of fate )XV|D
is always just half open. ,X25 -OFZ
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他们都以为 !#j
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是那瞬间的感觉 43-mv1>.
将他们结合在一起 PeGA+0bm
这种确定的感觉很美 vh 5`R/<3
但那种不确定的感觉 Wjc1 EW!2x
却更加妙不可言 bRT1~)
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 @8E mY,{;
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 8z0j}xY%
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 smvIU0:K
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 Tj7OV}:
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我想问问他们 )w(-Xc?P
是否记得在某个回转门 4Xt.}S!
那个面对面的瞬间? }tA77Cm)45
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? 1;?n]L`T
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? d
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但我已经知道答案了 CB_ww=
不,他们并不记得 J}U); A
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他们一定会十分惊讶 H&\[iZ|-N
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 aNLRUdc.
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但这运气 l/0"'o_0v#
却还没有成为命运 xO?w8 *d
它曾让他们如此接近 .RFijr
却又让他们擦肩而过 Gx/sJ(
阻断他们之间的联系 _^K)>
又忍着邪恶的笑意 IaMZPl
跳着跑开了 XgL-t~_
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 C^9G \s'
但这暗示也许过于深奥 c-3-,pyM_T
可能在三年前 Ks'msSMC
或者就在上个星期二 reseu*5
不是就有一片落叶 dz@L}b*
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? ZGO%lkZ.
一个人的东西曾经掉落 0?OTa<c
又被另一个人拣起来 $I*ye+a*{q
谁知道呢 M"# >?6{
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 x&}pM}ea
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某个门把手上 <%w)EQf4m
或者某个门铃上 qd$Y"~Mco
两个人的手 [Q+8Ku
也许曾经放在同一个位置 iR}3 [
两个人的包 _`3'D`s
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 }dcXuX4{r
甚至 Age
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 XTboFrf
只是第二天早上起来 E_sKD ybj
却忘掉了 7|Z=#3INw
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每一次开始 u&{}hv&FY
也许 \AFoxi2h
都只是一种继续 kS_oj
而两个人之间的故事 Su.imM!
却永远只写了一半 N3/G6wn
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