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that a sudden feeling had united them [WuN?H
This certainty is beautiful, G8H=xr#
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. </Ja@%
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They thought they didn't know each other, EQ\/I(
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nothing had ever happened between them. 624l5}@:
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, ELPzqBI
they could have passed each other long ago 5!-'~W
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I would like to ask them, /aNlr>^
if they can remember - !np-Jmi
perhaps in a revolving door L~=h?C<
face to face one day? c#Y/?F2p
A "sorry" in the crowd? -6@#Nq_iWU
"Wrong number" on the phone? \'x.DVp
- but I know the answer. ;X*I,g.+H
No, they don't remember. s
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for such a long time already "]B:QeMeF!
fate has been playing with them. f
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to change into destiny, 8k vG<&D
which brings them nearer and yet further, ) 7w%\i{M
barriering their path !o1+#DL)MU
and suppressing a laugh, yp9vgUs
leaped aside. n Hz Xp:"
There were signs, indications, imC>T!-7
but maybe just undecipherable. !W^P|:Qt
Three years ago, perhaps ~x4]^XS
or even last Tuesday, ,=jwQG4wq
this leaf flying bdbTK8-
from one shoulder to another? i_Ol vuy~
Something was dropped and then picked up. ~U}0=lRVS
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished QbrR=[8b
into childhood bushes? sYE|
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There were handles, door bells, 9(eTCe-~6
where, on the trace of a hand, +6-_9qRq
another hand was placed; 1 UdET#\
suitcases next to one another in the #\1)Tu%-
left luggage. m#|;?z
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, o+*7Q!
suddenly erased after waking. RA^6c![
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Every beginning :< X&y
is only a sequel, after all, w]1Ltq*g/
and the book of fate S+2we
is always just half open. Cs9o_Z~
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他们都以为 M$,4B
是那瞬间的感觉 ]?c9;U
将他们结合在一起 (_IP z)F
这种确定的感觉很美 W<Ri(g-
但那种不确定的感觉 q[}W&t,
却更加妙不可言 efN5(9*9R
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 uidoz
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也许从来没有发生过任何联系 n~_;tO
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 Ndmki
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或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 CT{mzC8
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我想问问他们 &+|bAn9AJ
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那个面对面的瞬间? d
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拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」?
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或者电话里的一句「打错了」? ++\s0A(e
但我已经知道答案了 LiyR,e
不,他们并不记得 ?LSwJ
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他们一定会十分惊讶 MMU>55+-
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 Fa0Fl}L
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但这运气 Xx,Rah)X3
却还没有成为命运 s+0n0C
它曾让他们如此接近 <P@ "VwUX
却又让他们擦肩而过 Kt3T~k
阻断他们之间的联系 {Ri6975
又忍着邪恶的笑意
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跳着跑开了 H"NBjVRU%
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 M.qE$
但这暗示也许过于深奥 ?+_Y!*J2b
可能在三年前 #b,!N
或者就在上个星期二 'IQ;;[Q
不是就有一片落叶 !,<rW<&;
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? \%}w7J;
一个人的东西曾经掉落 Sc14F
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又被另一个人拣起来 W
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谁知道呢 .k!<Oqa
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 q~. .Z Y`7
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某个门把手上 \ lW*.<
或者某个门铃上 T-F8[dd^/
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也许曾经放在同一个位置 ovk^
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也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 T&ib]LmR
甚至 O^Y@&S RrQ
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 =xjtPmZ5X
只是第二天早上起来 Esdv+f}4;
却忘掉了 _a\$uVZ
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都只是一种继续 T_ j0*A$
而两个人之间的故事 @rE+H
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却永远只写了一半 @yNCWa~N
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