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They both thought l|j
that a sudden feeling had united them /R!:l l2
This certainty is beautiful, O,x[6P54P
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. e?,n>
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They thought they didn't know each other, _<qe= hie!
nothing had ever happened between them. #~BsI/m
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, whxTCI V
they could have passed each other long ago .J"QW~g^
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I would like to ask them, )%dxfwd6
if they can remember - j
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perhaps in a revolving door x8
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face to face one day? J;|a)Nw
A "sorry" in the crowd? %68'+qz
"Wrong number" on the phone? I() =Ufs5z
- but I know the answer. L `NY^
No, they don't remember. aS=-9P;v
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How surprised they would be JuQwZ]3ed
for such a long time already _wH>h$E
fate has been playing with them. VkdGGY
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Not quite yet ready /W9(}Id6
to change into destiny, R-LMV
which brings them nearer and yet further, ( RO-~-
barriering their path 70Jx[3vr
and suppressing a laugh, jVi>9[rz
leaped aside. oq${}n <
There were signs, indications, GZH{"_$
but maybe just undecipherable. 4P jC[A*
Three years ago, perhaps lonV_Xx
or even last Tuesday, |W_;L6)
this leaf flying ORuC("
from one shoulder to another? K*I!:1;3N
Something was dropped and then picked up. /9ctmW1!<
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished U}@xMt8@l
into childhood bushes? ZP{<f~;
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There were handles, door bells, cX7 O*5C
where, on the trace of a hand, =' uePM")
another hand was placed; *:bexD H
suitcases next to one another in the P9`R~HO'`
left luggage. s@Dln
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Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, B6=?Qp/f
suddenly erased after waking. v%:VV*MxF
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Every beginning ZtyDip'x
is only a sequel, after all, qG@YNc
and the book of fate -M/j&<;LW
is always just half open. TyDh\f!w
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他们都以为 .7]P-]uOZ
是那瞬间的感觉 o?Aj6fNY?
将他们结合在一起 L!>nl4O>`
这种确定的感觉很美 m g,1*B'
但那种不确定的感觉 ^/_Yk.w
却更加妙不可言 /~MH]Gh
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 &rG B58
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 KL9k9|!p
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 fIl;qGz85
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 WQ{[q" O
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我想问问他们 z/u^
是否记得在某个回转门 8N%nG(
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那个面对面的瞬间? |BbzRis
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? dvZH ~mF
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? (:aU"5M
但我已经知道答案了 AtewC
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不,他们并不记得 D|)a7_
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他们一定会十分惊讶 +$|fUn{
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 ]}dQ~lOE
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但这运气 >))CXGE
却还没有成为命运 t;BUZE_!0c
它曾让他们如此接近 #=t/wAE y:
却又让他们擦肩而过 T]ls&cW5
阻断他们之间的联系 4vEP\E3u<j
又忍着邪恶的笑意 CHsg2S
跳着跑开了 >!6|yk`GJ
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 Hs*["zFc
但这暗示也许过于深奥 T]\c2U
可能在三年前 ;I&VpAPx
或者就在上个星期二 I]^>>>p$
不是就有一片落叶 <XIIT-b[
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? <q8@a0e@
一个人的东西曾经掉落 )\|+G5#`
又被另一个人拣起来 ]QhTxrF"
谁知道呢 6|zhqb|s
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 5BJE
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某个门把手上 )V\@N*L`ik
或者某个门铃上 0V4B Q:v
两个人的手 MF8-q'upyT
也许曾经放在同一个位置 =j62tDS
两个人的包 _p^"l2%D/
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 f<NR6],}
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 P.}d@qD{)
只是第二天早上起来 J#zr50@@
却忘掉了 3''Sx8p
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每一次开始 maXg(Lu
也许 _dJ(h6%3
都只是一种继续 5J10S
而两个人之间的故事 Nob(D'vSr
却永远只写了一半 {drc}BL_
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