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by Wislawa Szymborska /pMOinuO
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They both thought 5=o ^/Vkc
that a sudden feeling had united them 2@S}x@^
This certainty is beautiful, TPp]UG
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. M+ [ho]
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They thought they didn't know each other, 6]7csOE
nothing had ever happened between them. .SC*! ,
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, 5FZw
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they could have passed each other long ago 'jt7H{M
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I would like to ask them, '5h`="
if they can remember - TpU\IQ
perhaps in a revolving door tF;0P\i
face to face one day? =Jm[1Mgt
A "sorry" in the crowd? Lx,=Up.
"Wrong number" on the phone? >)M{^
- but I know the answer. Z],j|rWy6
No, they don't remember. xXJ*xYn"}
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How surprised they would be *PF<J/Pr
for such a long time already .n<vhLDQn
fate has been playing with them. $zP5Hzx
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Not quite yet ready @^| [J
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to change into destiny, iil<zEic
which brings them nearer and yet further, &%OY"Y~bI!
barriering their path y% bIO6u:
and suppressing a laugh, 4c5BlD
leaped aside. wnS,Jl
There were signs, indications, f.w",S^
but maybe just undecipherable. PK]3uh
Three years ago, perhaps i{^T;uAE
or even last Tuesday, wOAR NrPx2
this leaf flying QFP9"FM5F
from one shoulder to another? H )ej]DXy
Something was dropped and then picked up. ACyK#5E
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished s%:fZ7y
into childhood bushes? j[U#J
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There were handles, door bells, V'vWz`#
where, on the trace of a hand, B=0^Rysg
another hand was placed; Ge?Wmq>
suitcases next to one another in the 4l 67B]o
left luggage. x9YQd69
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, $toTMah
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suddenly erased after waking. E+]}KX:
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is only a sequel, after all, X%yG{\6:
and the book of fate :[CV_ME.;
is always just half open. UWT%0t_T
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他们都以为 jR%*,IeB
是那瞬间的感觉 gG?@_ie
将他们结合在一起 -#ZvjEaey
这种确定的感觉很美 PYCN3s#Gi
但那种不确定的感觉 sh
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却更加妙不可言 #8Bh5L!SJ1
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 uSfHlN4l
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 !1l~UB_
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 httywa^
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 v]k-xn|$j
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我想问问他们
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是否记得在某个回转门 1'&.6{)P
那个面对面的瞬间? Z|t=t"6"
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? JI>Y?1i0O
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? $cSUB
但我已经知道答案了 KW:N
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不,他们并不记得 B%tF|KKj
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他们一定会十分惊讶 Yc7YNC.
原来 -`faXFW'
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 3m>YR-n$
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但这运气 i(.e=
却还没有成为命运 YYQvt
它曾让他们如此接近
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却又让他们擦肩而过 /"X_{3dq?
阻断他们之间的联系 .I^4Fc}&4
又忍着邪恶的笑意 BgXZr,?
跳着跑开了 #QwkRzVoy
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 M/ 64`lcb
但这暗示也许过于深奥 VlV
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可能在三年前 I# tlaz#
或者就在上个星期二 $9G&
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不是就有一片落叶 PMAz[w,R~
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? UBwl2Di
一个人的东西曾经掉落 f./K/
又被另一个人拣起来 ZVXPp-M
谁知道呢 e0(/(E:
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 \HO)ss)"
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某个门把手上 |u>V>
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或者某个门铃上 $M}"u[Qq
两个人的手 -_ 9k+AV
也许曾经放在同一个位置 =F@
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两个人的包 *H/>96
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 xeF>"6\
甚至 Zv@qdY<:
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 `PARZ|
只是第二天早上起来 E^)FnXe5
却忘掉了 Ll|-CY $
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每一次开始 iYr)Ao5X
也许 "AagTFs(i
都只是一种继续 =NY;#Jjn
而两个人之间的故事 {]\7
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却永远只写了一半 wa@Rlzij>
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