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that a sudden feeling had united them v:IpMU-+\
This certainty is beautiful, F0GxH?
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. 6V$Avg\6\
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They thought they didn't know each other, BL0 {HV!
nothing had ever happened between them. F}F&T
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, =O&%c%~q
they could have passed each other long ago x3hB5p$q
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I would like to ask them, -)w@f~Q
if they can remember - =i$Fl{vH
perhaps in a revolving door B-xGX$<z
face to face one day? caU0\VS
A "sorry" in the crowd? qU+t/C.
"Wrong number" on the phone? qB~rQPa
- but I know the answer. 1ct;A_48
No, they don't remember. WYH Q?
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How surprised they would be 'H3^e}
for such a long time already |9u OUE
fate has been playing with them. )P%ZA)l%_o
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Not quite yet ready ]3x?
to change into destiny, %>yG+Od5Z
which brings them nearer and yet further, };mA^xO]j
barriering their path Ok|*!!T
and suppressing a laugh, 69PE9zz
leaped aside. A0/"&Ag]
There were signs, indications, V_R@o3kv;
but maybe just undecipherable. ./-5R|fN
Three years ago, perhaps iIvc43YV%
or even last Tuesday, *M[?bk~~
this leaf flying o\[~.";Z
from one shoulder to another? D60aH!ft
Something was dropped and then picked up. J28M@cn
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished mi=Q{>rb
into childhood bushes? RU'=ERYC
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There were handles, door bells, (iBNZ7sJ
where, on the trace of a hand, z#zI1Am(O
another hand was placed; c>,'Y)8
suitcases next to one another in the SAH-p*.
left luggage. 1A?W:'N
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, pf2[,v/
suddenly erased after waking. :iK(JE`
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Every beginning NiNM{[3oS
is only a sequel, after all, c%^7!FSg
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is always just half open. g9m-TkNk
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他们都以为 +cD<:"L'g
是那瞬间的感觉 !xz eM VI
将他们结合在一起 rR$h*
这种确定的感觉很美 BIb4h
但那种不确定的感觉 <m!h&_eg
却更加妙不可言 8/DS:uM
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 iMt:9|yF}8
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 [=x[ w70
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 wGU*:k7p
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 q?,).x
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我想问问他们 (ScxLf=]
是否记得在某个回转门 -B>++r2A^
那个面对面的瞬间? yID164&r
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? jLy
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? 2{M^,=^>
但我已经知道答案了 #m lS}~n
不,他们并不记得 Nw:GCf-L
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他们一定会十分惊讶 l+3[ KCE
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 *zNYZ#
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但这运气 ?J'Y&
却还没有成为命运 |D'4uN8\
它曾让他们如此接近 -Btk 3
却又让他们擦肩而过 uvgdY
阻断他们之间的联系 C#QpQg2
又忍着邪恶的笑意 {Z{75}
跳着跑开了 s|@6S8E
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 ?8HHA:GP
但这暗示也许过于深奥 bf0+DvIB
可能在三年前 p$SX
或者就在上个星期二 W"724fwu&
不是就有一片落叶 jnd[6v=C7-
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? O[# 27_dH
一个人的东西曾经掉落 X$%'
又被另一个人拣起来 P<oehw'>
谁知道呢 PxF<\pu&
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 Wi>!{.}%A
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某个门把手上 |\w=u6jX
或者某个门铃上 X(!Cfb8+5
两个人的手 Rn#KfI:{
也许曾经放在同一个位置 J5*tJoCYS
两个人的包 Kfm5i Q
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 avjpA?Vz
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 Z,`iO%W
只是第二天早上起来 e }mD]O}
却忘掉了 lT4Hn;tnN
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每一次开始 qd+h$ "p
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都只是一种继续 $m7?3/YG
而两个人之间的故事 `J]fcE%T0R
却永远只写了一半 ?MXejEC
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