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that a sudden feeling had united them $g^;*>yr
This certainty is beautiful, )5v .9N6v
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. cA\W|A)
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They thought they didn't know each other, KAzRFX),
nothing had ever happened between them. TDGzXJf[
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, `ouzeu9}
they could have passed each other long ago [)u(\nfGX
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I would like to ask them, <coCu0
if they can remember - J)->
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perhaps in a revolving door w6Q]?p+
face to face one day? cOgtBEhn
A "sorry" in the crowd? iy"Kg]
"Wrong number" on the phone? 'W*F[U*&HP
- but I know the answer. rY= #^S
No, they don't remember. 463dLEd
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How surprised they would be B=r/(e
for such a long time already [ub\DLl
fate has been playing with them. \nWpV7TSN
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Not quite yet ready A&'%ou
to change into destiny, M2S|$6t:
which brings them nearer and yet further, yw<xv-Q=i
barriering their path D=vq<X'
and suppressing a laugh, wp*1HnWj8Y
leaped aside. 6hq)yUvo4
There were signs, indications, ;p ('cwU%
but maybe just undecipherable. +bnw,B><
Three years ago, perhaps AlxS?f2w
or even last Tuesday, OEW,[d
this leaf flying NZ5~\k
from one shoulder to another? nE;gM1I
Something was dropped and then picked up. ?OyW|jL
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished IycxRig
into childhood bushes? ,gc#N
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There were handles, door bells, HWBom8u0
where, on the trace of a hand, 5aNDW'z`f
another hand was placed; :bDA<B6bb
suitcases next to one another in the S/;Y4o
left luggage. 4vS!99v)
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, >6 #\1/RP
suddenly erased after waking. =;=V4nKN
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Every beginning O;BPd:<
is only a sequel, after all, a)Ek~{9
and the book of fate I>#ChV)(#
is always just half open. yFo5 pKF.J
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他们都以为 [#Vr)\n
是那瞬间的感觉 pQ{t< >
将他们结合在一起 w"i Zn
这种确定的感觉很美 I+t38un%
但那种不确定的感觉 T}[vfIJD
却更加妙不可言 C>dJ:.K%H
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 Dt.Wb&V_w
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 :,,y63-f4
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 %
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或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 Q{hOn]"
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我想问问他们 VBJ]d|
是否记得在某个回转门 x^2/jUc#B
那个面对面的瞬间? `h!&->
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? @F^L4 N':
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? Y{|yB
但我已经知道答案了 q:EQ,
不,他们并不记得 2kq@*}ys
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他们一定会十分惊讶 {fv8S;|u
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 neFno5d j
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但这运气 D.R
却还没有成为命运 \#,#_
它曾让他们如此接近 "Cj#bUw
却又让他们擦肩而过 ix @rq#
阻断他们之间的联系 RgA4@J#
又忍着邪恶的笑意 jgw'MpQm{
跳着跑开了 d<? :Q
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 5yi q#
但这暗示也许过于深奥 .@-]A
可能在三年前 !!%nl_I(
或者就在上个星期二 m(:qZW
不是就有一片落叶 Ec*7n6~9
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? M~F2cXW
一个人的东西曾经掉落 SfSEA^@|
又被另一个人拣起来 \<x_96jt!\
谁知道呢 u>6/_^iq
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 F5[ITK]A4
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某个门把手上 RmV/wY
或者某个门铃上 kQl cT"R
两个人的手 =w$"wzc
也许曾经放在同一个位置 3#9r4;&
两个人的包 @~G`~8
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 XPo'iI-
甚至 igj@{FN
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 )}\@BtcjA]
只是第二天早上起来 )ZyuF(C&
却忘掉了 VhI IW"1
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每一次开始 T)tHN#6I
也许 pbxcsA\
都只是一种继续 :gaeb8`t
而两个人之间的故事 |Umfq:W`y_
却永远只写了一半 DB'KIw
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