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that a sudden feeling had united them '1vm]+oM
This certainty is beautiful, Q|7l!YTzVu
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. < VrHWJo
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They thought they didn't know each other, Gc*p%2c
nothing had ever happened between them. |{V@t1`
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, -F`uz,wZ
they could have passed each other long ago K.r
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I would like to ask them, =QS%D*.|D
if they can remember - ocPM zq-
perhaps in a revolving door IrMxdF~c
face to face one day? S pIdw0
A "sorry" in the crowd? mTgsvC
"Wrong number" on the phone? 05s{Z.aK
- but I know the answer. w itx_r
No, they don't remember. Y>J u$i
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How surprised they would be ')zf8>,
for such a long time already S'}pUGDO
fate has been playing with them. vR*p1Kq:
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Not quite yet ready {n 4W3
to change into destiny, ^E]y >Y
which brings them nearer and yet further, 'LMMo4o3
barriering their path nh*hw[Ord
and suppressing a laugh, <*[D30<
leaped aside. mRT$@xa]J
There were signs, indications, Gc,6;!+(
but maybe just undecipherable. -=4{X
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Three years ago, perhaps iCIU'yI
or even last Tuesday, H$rNT/C
this leaf flying lN~u='Kc
from one shoulder to another? z$Z{ LR
Something was dropped and then picked up. Jk}Dj0o
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished D* QZR;D#.
into childhood bushes? @&9 ,0x
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There were handles, door bells, FwwOp"[~t
where, on the trace of a hand, ?!a8'jfs
another hand was placed; d7P'c!@+
suitcases next to one another in the BI6]{ ZC"
left luggage. |32uC3?o
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, ;D|g5$OE&
suddenly erased after waking. EYSBC",
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Every beginning ,w%hD*
is only a sequel, after all, "U|u-ka8B
and the book of fate bY}:!aR<mK
is always just half open. bj,cU)t0
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他们都以为 {4>N2mP{M
是那瞬间的感觉 1T0s
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将他们结合在一起 q);@iiJ-
这种确定的感觉很美 ,pIaYU{D
但那种不确定的感觉 u[6aSqwC|
却更加妙不可言 (y5]]l
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 S7(tGD
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 s|D[_N!|
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 &Ivf!Bgm{Z
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 -+fW/Uo
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我想问问他们 cv"Bhql
是否记得在某个回转门
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那个面对面的瞬间? go?}M]c%7
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? \[L|
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? "L+NN|
但我已经知道答案了 qnJs,"sn
不,他们并不记得 ,qwVDYJ
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他们一定会十分惊讶 6vf<lmN
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 "Bl6)qw
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但这运气 ?U3~rro!
却还没有成为命运
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它曾让他们如此接近 <lP5}F87
却又让他们擦肩而过 >!PCEw<i
阻断他们之间的联系 p%-;hL!
又忍着邪恶的笑意 wUKt$_]``
跳着跑开了 Sz-TarTF
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 q.ZkQN+
但这暗示也许过于深奥 O |0V mm
可能在三年前 6+/BYN!&4
或者就在上个星期二 %mRnJgV5k
不是就有一片落叶 8iC9xSH[%
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? FW:V<{f
一个人的东西曾经掉落 ZY*_x)h+#7
又被另一个人拣起来 (97&mhs3
谁知道呢 "10.,QK
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 'o|=_0-7W
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某个门把手上 l4AXjq2
或者某个门铃上 WO=P~F<