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by Wislawa Szymborska G$lE0_j2{
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that a sudden feeling had united them Oj7).U0;#
This certainty is beautiful, #\LYo{op/.
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. KM
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They thought they didn't know each other, zK: 2.4
nothing had ever happened between them. 6ZC~q=my
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, \%#luk@:
they could have passed each other long ago GkdxwuRw
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I would like to ask them, .7Itbp6=R
if they can remember - $j0<ef!
perhaps in a revolving door 6s:
face to face one day? q:,ck@-4
A "sorry" in the crowd? |@MGGAk
"Wrong number" on the phone? Y^5)u/Y=U
- but I know the answer. TI^X gl~
No, they don't remember. V:8{MO(C\
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How surprised they would be 2cv=7!K4Uv
for such a long time already )aX#RM? N
fate has been playing with them. @WzrrCpj
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Not quite yet ready S^SF!k=
to change into destiny, `{nzw $
which brings them nearer and yet further, :1!k*5
barriering their path Vf$q3X
and suppressing a laugh, "Qe2U(Un
leaped aside. #\O?|bN'q
There were signs, indications, Gwfi
but maybe just undecipherable. 'R n\CMTH
Three years ago, perhaps &c81q2
or even last Tuesday, 6[]O3Aa
this leaf flying \.`{nq
from one shoulder to another? O6\t_.
Something was dropped and then picked up. 1F[W~@jW
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished ZX40-6#O
into childhood bushes? %Q5
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There were handles, door bells, 4AN(4"$N
where, on the trace of a hand, ek0,@Vg9
another hand was placed; IU rGJ#}O
suitcases next to one another in the jbu+>
left luggage. :h<QM$P<
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, ^cI RP
suddenly erased after waking. @9h6D<?
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is only a sequel, after all, I oC}0C7
and the book of fate _I#a`G
is always just half open. yJHFo[wGMJ
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他们都以为 5[rA>g~
是那瞬间的感觉 qa/VSk!{
将他们结合在一起 >L88`
这种确定的感觉很美 /cZ-+cu
但那种不确定的感觉 Wg=4`&F^
却更加妙不可言 0/b3]{skK
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 G\H |\i
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 K]Z];C#)
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊
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或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 \yA*)X+
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我想问问他们 -ob1_0
是否记得在某个回转门 [7=?I.\Cr7
那个面对面的瞬间? Hu7WU;w
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? sFonc
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? d?1[xv;
但我已经知道答案了 PQ4)kVT
不,他们并不记得 e4Jx%v?_P
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他们一定会十分惊讶 }FT8[m<
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 {~~'
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但这运气 vI+X9C?
却还没有成为命运 ?89_2W
它曾让他们如此接近 CJ[^Fi?CH
却又让他们擦肩而过 N#4"P:Sv
阻断他们之间的联系 $}Ky6sBnvO
又忍着邪恶的笑意 3^p;'7x
跳着跑开了 _D~FwF&A
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 'n4
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但这暗示也许过于深奥 GF^?#Jh
可能在三年前 >`D$Jz,
或者就在上个星期二 5TVA1
不是就有一片落叶 jmh$6 N%
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从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? z)]Br1
一个人的东西曾经掉落 Id40yER
又被另一个人拣起来 {,zn#hU.R
谁知道呢 v[=TPfX0
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 ^WmP,Xf#
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某个门把手上 w]Z:Y`
或者某个门铃上 IRB BLXv7\
两个人的手 }C9P--
也许曾经放在同一个位置 Rkz[x
两个人的包 szU_,.\
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 ZH8Oidj`
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 -4nSiI
只是第二天早上起来 J:Ncy}AO
却忘掉了 s2iL5N|"Q
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每一次开始 B>,&{ah/5J
也许 Fd/.\s
都只是一种继续 wA7^
而两个人之间的故事 b0!ZA/YC-
却永远只写了一半 Jx4"~ 4
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