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They both thought 8$avPD3jx
that a sudden feeling had united them Cna@3)_
This certainty is beautiful, SsjO1F
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. 0pYz8OB
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They thought they didn't know each other, Gy[;yLnX
nothing had ever happened between them. oS)0,p
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, s-r$%9o5
they could have passed each other long ago 9vL`|`Vau
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I would like to ask them, e ,zR
if they can remember - |0(Z)s,
perhaps in a revolving door L@?Dmn'v
face to face one day? CAY^ `K!
A "sorry" in the crowd? ]}9cOb%I
"Wrong number" on the phone? ".| 9h
- but I know the answer. ]+[ NX)=
No, they don't remember. gcr,?rE<
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How surprised they would be JGZ,5RTq4-
for such a long time already 9;Ezm<VQ
fate has been playing with them. h 88iZK
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to change into destiny, '9GHmtdO,
which brings them nearer and yet further, ,oDZ:";
barriering their path Js qze'BGY
and suppressing a laugh, fl~k')s
leaped aside. C 0*k@kGy
There were signs, indications, %Ua*}C
but maybe just undecipherable. AEK * w4
Three years ago, perhaps Z!6\KV]
or even last Tuesday, {a_=4a
this leaf flying %-]j;'6}cX
from one shoulder to another? _h_;nS.Y
Something was dropped and then picked up. @okC":Fw,
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished =b,$jCv<,5
into childhood bushes? >U"f1q*$
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There were handles, door bells, UuT>qWxQ8
where, on the trace of a hand, O<f_-n@G|
another hand was placed; X =S;8=N
suitcases next to one another in the '.atbl
left luggage. ^]wm Y
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, \UJ:PW$7
suddenly erased after waking. s\o
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Every beginning EPI mh
is only a sequel, after all, nP'ab_>b
and the book of fate RNoS7[&
is always just half open. ezwcOYMXK
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一见钟情 |Y/iq9l
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他们都以为 A &w)@DOe
是那瞬间的感觉 4s`*o/it
将他们结合在一起 9]|[z{v'>l
这种确定的感觉很美 .eZ4?|at.F
但那种不确定的感觉 :BMU c-[
却更加妙不可言 ; {I{X}b
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 sF_.9G)S0
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 28X)s!W'
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 ~DqNA%Mb
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 U <4<8'
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我想问问他们 2)[81a
是否记得在某个回转门 ]}>GUXe)^
那个面对面的瞬间? Fhxg^
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? $C#~c1w
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? }qV4]*+{
但我已经知道答案了 ~ D3'-,n[
不,他们并不记得 h]@Xucc
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他们一定会十分惊讶 P[XE5puC
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 .s7/bF
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但这运气 wZfR>|f
却还没有成为命运 `mCcD
它曾让他们如此接近 ~Gwn||g78
却又让他们擦肩而过 webT
阻断他们之间的联系 *#UDMoz<
又忍着邪恶的笑意 /"iYEr%_
跳着跑开了 ml?+JbLg0
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 Y
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但这暗示也许过于深奥 )}WG`
可能在三年前 ?1PY]KNaK
或者就在上个星期二 )-
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不是就有一片落叶 Zls4@/\Q
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? db#y]>^l
一个人的东西曾经掉落 )%ja6Vg
又被另一个人拣起来 C?hw$^w7T
谁知道呢 }s{zy:1O
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 #XJYkaL
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某个门把手上 1/le%}mK
或者某个门铃上 b GwLfU
两个人的手 :O//A6v
也许曾经放在同一个位置 g-*@I`k[
两个人的包 u{>5
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 >DbG$V<v'
甚至 I"@5=m5
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 ?c>j^}A/N
只是第二天早上起来 Y/@4|9!
却忘掉了 ZB ~D_S
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每一次开始 zyCl`r[}
也许 Pi+,y
都只是一种继续 -u{k
而两个人之间的故事 NsJUruN
却永远只写了一半 vaK$j!%FE
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