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by Wislawa Szymborska ^n9a" qz
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They both thought
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that a sudden feeling had united them H?uukmZl
This certainty is beautiful, 4\p-TPM
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. x l0DN{PG
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They thought they didn't know each other, Pdw#o^Iq^
nothing had ever happened between them. 4<.O+hS
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, nLy#|C
they could have passed each other long ago "!H@k%eAM|
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I would like to ask them, Q.k
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if they can remember - /s
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perhaps in a revolving door ]>Si0%
face to face one day? i[150g?K
A "sorry" in the crowd? iCTQ]H3
"Wrong number" on the phone? 7yI`e*EOD
- but I know the answer. Z)&D`RCf
No, they don't remember. =-~;OH/
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How surprised they would be i-W
for such a long time already '# z]M
fate has been playing with them. RH(V^09[o
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Not quite yet ready st/n"HQ
to change into destiny, \dq!q=b\
which brings them nearer and yet further, ug*D52?
barriering their path 4DLq}v
and suppressing a laugh, zX kx7d8
leaped aside. Sdd9Dv?!
There were signs, indications, 3]U]?h
but maybe just undecipherable. by86zX
Three years ago, perhaps 1$ML #5+,
or even last Tuesday, hazq#J!
this leaf flying Pl+xH%U+?
from one shoulder to another? 6:?rlh
Something was dropped and then picked up. )"`!AerJ
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished 4:mCXP,x
into childhood bushes? |NrrTN?>
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There were handles, door bells, ^bUxLa[.
where, on the trace of a hand, B9X8
another hand was placed; 7>i2OBkAhB
suitcases next to one another in the k\N4@UK
left luggage. A+
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Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, E'c%d[:H,
suddenly erased after waking. /smiopFcq
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is only a sequel, after all, b |7ja_
and the book of fate Y )b@0'
is always just half open. ZPO|<uR
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他们都以为 V U~Dk);Bv
是那瞬间的感觉 #Hu~}zy
将他们结合在一起 Ip?]K*sq
这种确定的感觉很美 op7FZHs
但那种不确定的感觉 UG2w 1xqHw
却更加妙不可言 lBA +zZ
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 wJG$c-(\0
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 t FgX\4
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 n56;m`IU
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 o a<q /
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我想问问他们 |(% u}V?
是否记得在某个回转门 eThy+
那个面对面的瞬间? )`HA::
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? 7m1KR#j
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? 2KI!af[I
但我已经知道答案了 nr2r8u9r
不,他们并不记得 @Doyt{|T
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他们一定会十分惊讶 I&]G
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 . (`3JQ2s
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但这运气 )\ 0F7Z
却还没有成为命运 "x*-PFT
它曾让他们如此接近 ?Zcj}e.r
却又让他们擦肩而过 ?IYY'fS"
阻断他们之间的联系 ;IZ?19Q
又忍着邪恶的笑意 0 bSA_
跳着跑开了 ~OFvu}]
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 Fhj8lVvk
但这暗示也许过于深奥 ~&VN_;j_
可能在三年前 s&
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或者就在上个星期二 /"#4T^7&
不是就有一片落叶 2x}6\t
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? (#Mp 5C'X
一个人的东西曾经掉落 TEVI'%F
又被另一个人拣起来 rVryt<2:@r
谁知道呢 *\XH+/]+
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 RR|\- 8;
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某个门把手上 ?nFO:N<
或者某个门铃上 "mIgs9l$
两个人的手 BBL485`
也许曾经放在同一个位置 pGWA\}'
两个人的包 N{joXHCu
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 .;I29yk\XS
甚至 w:ULi3
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 l";'6;g
只是第二天早上起来 N:BL=}V
却忘掉了 x:z0EYL
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每一次开始 HFtf
也许 <,8l *1C
都只是一种继续 |X (2Zv^O
而两个人之间的故事 tIZ~^*'
却永远只写了一半 :@. ;
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