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They both thought hNN[dj R
that a sudden feeling had united them /dYv@OU?
This certainty is beautiful, p@G7}'|eyA
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. nU_O|l9
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They thought they didn't know each other, OtqFI!ns
nothing had ever happened between them. {3`385
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, 4=tR_s
they could have passed each other long ago 'vBZh1`p
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I would like to ask them, D|9+:Y
if they can remember - *(Dmd$|0|
perhaps in a revolving door u)0I$Tc"
face to face one day? _h!.gZB3
A "sorry" in the crowd? 7l69SQo]?
"Wrong number" on the phone? 3{3@>8{w
- but I know the answer. g Y~r{
No, they don't remember. GjhTF|
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How surprised they would be 0M HiW=
for such a long time already Ax=HDW}
fate has been playing with them. >lRZvf-i
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to change into destiny, R
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which brings them nearer and yet further, W91yj:
barriering their path |GnTRahV.
and suppressing a laugh, rz "$zc.)
leaped aside. B`}um;T#~,
There were signs, indications, P'Rw/co
but maybe just undecipherable. NGc~%0n
Three years ago, perhaps v(2N@s<%
or even last Tuesday, J3 _aHI
this leaf flying u;_~{VJ-
from one shoulder to another? @yuiNj.T
Something was dropped and then picked up. bT.q@oU
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished "Q.*
into childhood bushes? R_PF*q2 '
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There were handles, door bells, "@UQSf,
where, on the trace of a hand, vamZKm~p
another hand was placed; q\6(_U#Tl
suitcases next to one another in the D`LBv,n
left luggage. Q7865
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, xR1G
suddenly erased after waking. W" 5nS =d%
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Every beginning $,4h\>1WP
is only a sequel, after all, P"w\hF
and the book of fate vQEV,d1
is always just half open. Tz]R}DKB&
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他们都以为 ~Bzzu %S
是那瞬间的感觉 bKo %Ak,
将他们结合在一起 L!fTYX#K]
这种确定的感觉很美 11=$]K>
但那种不确定的感觉 'X?xn@?
却更加妙不可言 xl\Kj2^
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 x)::^'74
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 ~K;QdV=YX
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 ":Dm/g
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 iQ)ydY a
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我想问问他们 sl]<A[jR
是否记得在某个回转门 E#k{<LYI
那个面对面的瞬间? 4_R|3L
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? w_(3{P[Iz
或者电话里的一句「打错了」?
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但我已经知道答案了 -R`{]7V
不,他们并不记得 YFO{i-*q
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他们一定会十分惊讶 g$nS6w|5H
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 ~G!JqdKJ0
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但这运气 $coO~qvU
却还没有成为命运 X ,QsE{
它曾让他们如此接近 ,;)ZF
却又让他们擦肩而过 -#|D>
阻断他们之间的联系 qA)OkR'm
又忍着邪恶的笑意 cr1x
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跳着跑开了 ?%,NOX
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 m@4Dz|
但这暗示也许过于深奥 Cx7-I0!
可能在三年前 !U^{`V jp[
或者就在上个星期二 +hxG!o?O
不是就有一片落叶 A6&*VD
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? d#ir=+o{h
一个人的东西曾经掉落 G7 %bY
又被另一个人拣起来 gYKz,$
谁知道呢 2B,O/3y
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 Ed9Uw7
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某个门把手上 6%v9o?:~l
或者某个门铃上 -=ZL(r
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两个人的手 JB_fS/I
也许曾经放在同一个位置 sXIYl% d
两个人的包 7;'33Bm*
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 F/>_PH57
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 .JhQxXj
只是第二天早上起来 _P;D.>?
却忘掉了 :KLXrr
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也许 &gXh:.
都只是一种继续 4QL>LK
而两个人之间的故事 '%Ng lC[J
却永远只写了一半 K+B978XD
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