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They both thought $m)[> C
that a sudden feeling had united them TDo!yQ
This certainty is beautiful, |SfmQ;
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. jX8,y
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They thought they didn't know each other, z),@YJU"z
nothing had ever happened between them. V'jvI
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, rS^+y{7
they could have passed each other long ago ]E!b&
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I would like to ask them, /6PL
if they can remember - #)hJ.0~3
perhaps in a revolving door Bp>Z?"hTe
face to face one day? "ABg,^jf
A "sorry" in the crowd? ir/-zp_
"Wrong number" on the phone? MX\v2["FoV
- but I know the answer. C}>Pn{wY9
No, they don't remember. P>s3Rh3:
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How surprised they would be 5h6c W
for such a long time already yE4X6
fate has been playing with them. m/(f?M l
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Not quite yet ready J;AwC>N
to change into destiny, Y3RaR
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which brings them nearer and yet further, LWp#i8,
barriering their path ]= nM|e
and suppressing a laugh, TCI%Ox|a
leaped aside. Td"_To@jd
There were signs, indications, 7 _*k<W7|
but maybe just undecipherable. ]> dCt<
Three years ago, perhaps aH!2zC\:T
or even last Tuesday, Kk?C
this leaf flying ;('(Yn7~
from one shoulder to another? [9U::
Something was dropped and then picked up. N=[# "4I
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished \2Atm,#4
into childhood bushes? v@^P4cu;
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There were handles, door bells, ,KyG^;Riy
where, on the trace of a hand, :G\X
another hand was placed; >.X& v
suitcases next to one another in the rE[:j2HF
left luggage. i,z^#b7JQ
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, B{ptP4As-
suddenly erased after waking. }cPH}[$zF
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Every beginning +i0j3.
is only a sequel, after all, 8pZGu8
and the book of fate mufJ@Y S#
is always just half open. 7j22KQ|EX^
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他们都以为 #D2.RN
是那瞬间的感觉 }mx>3G{d
将他们结合在一起 p|f5w"QcH
这种确定的感觉很美 z +NwGVk3
但那种不确定的感觉 jf
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却更加妙不可言 b|'{f?
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 4[o/p8*/
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 (SnrYO`#
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 kl0|22"Gz
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 a\@k5?
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我想问问他们 _a`J>~$
是否记得在某个回转门 _d`)N
那个面对面的瞬间? &u}]3E'-k
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? []I_r=
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? {^jk_G\ys
但我已经知道答案了 QRL+-)DMc
不,他们并不记得 iu9 <]1k
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他们一定会十分惊讶 WH6Bs=G\}
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 {)L*\r
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但这运气 3UX/
却还没有成为命运 )@,zG(t5;
它曾让他们如此接近 EK=PY
却又让他们擦肩而过 OoqA`%
阻断他们之间的联系 zHu w[
又忍着邪恶的笑意 FIEA'kUy
跳着跑开了 OKO+(>AQ
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 -D&d1`N4
但这暗示也许过于深奥 u P&<
可能在三年前 Mr6 q7
或者就在上个星期二 QGoBugU
不是就有一片落叶 %%h0 H[5*
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? VTIRkC
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一个人的东西曾经掉落 GJo`9
又被另一个人拣起来 oT}-i [=}
谁知道呢 :% m56
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 *< ?~
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某个门把手上 'U/X<LCl
或者某个门铃上 (BG
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两个人的手 >= VCKN2'j
也许曾经放在同一个位置 vZJu=t
两个人的包 aP}30E*Y
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 59X'-fg ,
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 8^2E77s4U
只是第二天早上起来 xwjiNJ Gj
却忘掉了 *\"+/
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每一次开始 ;cD&qheDV
也许 og)f?4
都只是一种继续 U3OXO1
而两个人之间的故事 L[aA4`
却永远只写了一半 E~K5n2CI
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