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by Wislawa Szymborska Y+*0~xm4
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They both thought h+&OQ%e=8
that a sudden feeling had united them `FTy+8mw
This certainty is beautiful, =mpVYA
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. v`zJb00DT
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They thought they didn't know each other, 9:1Q1,-i!-
nothing had ever happened between them. hB>oJC
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, iQ
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they could have passed each other long ago C3],n
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I would like to ask them, I3mGo
if they can remember - lXiKY@R#
perhaps in a revolving door P5nO78
face to face one day? ]?
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A "sorry" in the crowd? ua]o6GlO
"Wrong number" on the phone? _EMwm&!
- but I know the answer. $?<Z!*x
No, they don't remember. .=;3d~.]
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How surprised they would be -~30)J=e`
for such a long time already Yc
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fate has been playing with them. jWl)cC
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Not quite yet ready xt%7@/hiE
to change into destiny, Id|L`
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which brings them nearer and yet further, C=It* j55
barriering their path 7/f3Z1g
and suppressing a laugh, ~ZEmULKkR
leaped aside. Q[pV!CH
There were signs, indications, /bi[e9R
but maybe just undecipherable. JB`\G=PiL
Three years ago, perhaps Q/_f
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or even last Tuesday, `-l6S
this leaf flying x+x40!+\
from one shoulder to another? HO%wHiv1X
Something was dropped and then picked up. \cUNsB5
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished
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into childhood bushes? Ry K\uv
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There were handles, door bells, ]<pjXVRt"
where, on the trace of a hand, \r,Q1n?7
another hand was placed; m{uxIza
suitcases next to one another in the )3w@]5j
left luggage. A1#%`^W9
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, #+5pgD2C
suddenly erased after waking. aL%AQB,
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Every beginning 9Hu/u=vB<
is only a sequel, after all, JSW}*HR
and the book of fate X+}1
is always just half open. "4H
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一见钟情 V<@ o<R
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他们都以为 \":m!K;Z
是那瞬间的感觉 &8_gRP
将他们结合在一起 <U >>ZSi
这种确定的感觉很美 ?)X,0P'
但那种不确定的感觉 )'%$V%9
却更加妙不可言 Upd3-2kr&J
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 >W`4aA
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 oifv+oY
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 B'EKM)dA
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 7`8Ik`lY
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我想问问他们 aKuSd3E@#
是否记得在某个回转门 h{p=WWK
那个面对面的瞬间? >ByXB!Wi+
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? ``e$AS
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? *nsAgGKKM^
但我已经知道答案了 oDYRQozo>
不,他们并不记得 <5jzl
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他们一定会十分惊讶 K7Wk6Aw
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 H&
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但这运气 `poE6\
却还没有成为命运 LLXVNO@e+
它曾让他们如此接近 (RZD'U/B
却又让他们擦肩而过 ,gOOiB
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阻断他们之间的联系 sWblFvHqrU
又忍着邪恶的笑意 SD$h@p=!=
跳着跑开了 eI:C{0p=
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 )Ocl=H|=
但这暗示也许过于深奥 Gz[fG
可能在三年前 G\Ro}5TO
或者就在上个星期二 Bw64
不是就有一片落叶 *9c!^$V
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? Fa_VKAq
一个人的东西曾经掉落 Y> Wu
又被另一个人拣起来 /3:q#2'v
谁知道呢 Nn"+w|v[ev
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 u(t#Ze~Y1
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某个门把手上 Z(_ZAB%+D
或者某个门铃上 $N=N(^
两个人的手 ;cz|ss=
也许曾经放在同一个位置 Ox'/`Mppw
两个人的包 >P $;79<
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 /<8N\_wh
甚至 OdY=z!Fls
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 m[@Vf9
只是第二天早上起来 adi[-L#
却忘掉了 9>rPe1iv
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每一次开始 DHT&,=
也许
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都只是一种继续 @b~fIW_3>
而两个人之间的故事 9Q-*@6G
却永远只写了一半 (N=5.7"T
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