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They both thought YH&bD16c3
that a sudden feeling had united them uvP2Wgt
This certainty is beautiful, *jIqAhs0{
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. 4;`oUt'.
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They thought they didn't know each other, 1K,1X(0rL8
nothing had ever happened between them. ,JU@|`
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, fjk\L\1
they could have passed each other long ago kHw_ S-
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I would like to ask them, k@ZLg9
if they can remember - &`0/CV
perhaps in a revolving door LJk%#yV|_
face to face one day? p~HW5\4
A "sorry" in the crowd? W"^wnGa@a
"Wrong number" on the phone? a<}#HfC;'
- but I know the answer. ;{h CF
No, they don't remember. g<{xC_J
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How surprised they would be WOuEW w=
for such a long time already AdRX`[ik
fate has been playing with them. e@:sR
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Not quite yet ready !aO` AC=5u
to change into destiny, $/!{OU.t`
which brings them nearer and yet further, 0cK{
barriering their path *HEuorl
and suppressing a laugh, {pM?5"MMJ
leaped aside. ok|qyN+
There were signs, indications, r{l(O,|e
but maybe just undecipherable. pvmC$n^zc
Three years ago, perhaps {43>m)8+
or even last Tuesday, E4m`
this leaf flying \]$IDt(s
from one shoulder to another? 5onm]V]
Something was dropped and then picked up. 2^i(gaXUQ
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished (Jz;W<E
into childhood bushes? Reatdh
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There were handles, door bells, da)NK!
where, on the trace of a hand, 6 G=j6gK%P
another hand was placed; "*G.EiLq
suitcases next to one another in the 8\:NMP8W\
left luggage. 4Y[1aQ(%
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, o=0]el^A
suddenly erased after waking. J9~g|5
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Every beginning c("_bOAT
is only a sequel, after all, +\v?d&.f0
and the book of fate ,}K<*t[I
is always just half open. 7jdb)l\p=
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他们都以为 D9M:^
是那瞬间的感觉 n=[/Z!
将他们结合在一起 _3ZYtmn.
这种确定的感觉很美 7hsGu a
但那种不确定的感觉 cTG|fdgMW
却更加妙不可言 IIbYfPiO
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 i>(e}<i
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 ~?(N
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 D*lKn62
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 (DI>5.x"
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我想问问他们 1YH+d0UGn
是否记得在某个回转门 vh$%9ed
那个面对面的瞬间? A{A\RSZ0
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? #'y#"cmQ.
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? )rC6*eR
但我已经知道答案了 *c2YRbU(
不,他们并不记得 o_~eg8
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他们一定会十分惊讶 /FRm2m83
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 "men
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但这运气 pej|!oX
却还没有成为命运 >6?__v]9G
它曾让他们如此接近 `E>1>'
却又让他们擦肩而过 *6>.!&
阻断他们之间的联系 ]?(-[
又忍着邪恶的笑意 6ZP"p<xX
跳着跑开了 w 47tgPPk
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 f.9SB
但这暗示也许过于深奥 h5^Z2:#
可能在三年前 -[wGX}}
或者就在上个星期二 r4SXE\
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不是就有一片落叶 sr{a(4*\
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? Rd#WMo2Xd
一个人的东西曾经掉落 5;YMqUkw
又被另一个人拣起来 j-lfMEa$o
谁知道呢 qHrc9fB
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 R21b!Pd\
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某个门把手上 :s7m4!EF
或者某个门铃上 (^Y~/
两个人的手 ,Pdf,2
也许曾经放在同一个位置 t&AFUt\c
两个人的包 N u<_}
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 ci?qT,&
甚至 tg<EY!WY
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 q-}Fvel u
只是第二天早上起来 G6$kv2(k`@
却忘掉了 'ZDp5pCC;
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每一次开始 f}9zgWU
也许 A\HxDIU
都只是一种继续 vzim<;i
而两个人之间的故事 Gz,i~XX
却永远只写了一半 +lHjC$
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