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that a sudden feeling had united them I5
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This certainty is beautiful, 9m/v^
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. p$0G EYwM
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They thought they didn't know each other, Lp.,:z7
nothing had ever happened between them. $<OX\f%
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, GFB(c
they could have passed each other long ago TW"
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I would like to ask them, Vr+X!DeY
if they can remember - l q~^&\_#
perhaps in a revolving door oqc89DEbJ
face to face one day? 7o-umZ}8
A "sorry" in the crowd? p HXslmrD
"Wrong number" on the phone? f![?og)I%
- but I know the answer. sB"Oi|#lk
No, they don't remember.
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How surprised they would be n<+g{QHi
for such a long time already |Ah'KpL8W
fate has been playing with them. ZEYT17g]
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Not quite yet ready GWsvN&nr
to change into destiny, W1dpKv
which brings them nearer and yet further, ycz6-kEp
barriering their path d="Oge8
and suppressing a laugh, Dp3&@M"^yY
leaped aside. <l opk('7
There were signs, indications, ~oWCTj-
but maybe just undecipherable. }6*+>?
Three years ago, perhaps D2z" Z@
or even last Tuesday, 7o_1PwKS6
this leaf flying j^-E,YMC
from one shoulder to another? ry)g<OA
Something was dropped and then picked up. >4
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Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished N_Q)AXr)
into childhood bushes? DO`
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There were handles, door bells, ND $m|V-C
where, on the trace of a hand, hLK5s1#K
another hand was placed; 0}tf*M+a
suitcases next to one another in the @-qS[bV
left luggage. VRV*\*~$
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, A/ZZ[B-
suddenly erased after waking. `K5Lp>=R
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Every beginning 'Z5l'Ac
is only a sequel, after all, b&BkT%aA(G
and the book of fate ?y_W%ogW
is always just half open. Fjch<gAofS
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他们都以为 <q\OREMsq
是那瞬间的感觉 69/aP=
将他们结合在一起 HEh,Cf7`'
这种确定的感觉很美 p)2
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但那种不确定的感觉 }% 2hBl/
却更加妙不可言 WRrCrXP
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 %:Mi6sR|
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 y.vYT{^
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 ^F\RM4|,
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 R<(kiD\?]
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我想问问他们 t7#lRp&
是否记得在某个回转门 R. :~e
那个面对面的瞬间? $.HZz
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? ,'!x9 `
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? 9lXjB_wG>
但我已经知道答案了 } V *
不,他们并不记得 d?[gd(O
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他们一定会十分惊讶 8k~$_AT>u
原来 v<0\+}T1R
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 5>CmWMQ
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但这运气 Q+bZZMK5,U
却还没有成为命运 :DWvH,{+&
它曾让他们如此接近 |z.x M>
却又让他们擦肩而过 E3hql3=
阻断他们之间的联系 p}}pq~EH/
又忍着邪恶的笑意 &k53*Wo
跳着跑开了 Bk)E]Fk|
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 =f~8"j
但这暗示也许过于深奥 -nK\+bTL}
可能在三年前 omdoH?
或者就在上个星期二 \G4L+Q/13
不是就有一片落叶 +;#z"m]
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? B|I9Ex~L
一个人的东西曾经掉落 =bKz$
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又被另一个人拣起来 XS#Jy
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谁知道呢 ??5y0I6+
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 '0b!lVe
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某个门把手上 <DeC^[-P
或者某个门铃上 #Sg< 9xsW
两个人的手 [pY1\$,
也许曾经放在同一个位置 dMd2a4
两个人的包 FT'2J
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 Y9<N#h#
甚至 r<MW8
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 [KcF0%a
只是第二天早上起来 vD-m FC)
却忘掉了 ;r8<
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每一次开始 |-)2 D=P
也许 3[{RH*nHD
都只是一种继续 *C~$<VYI
而两个人之间的故事 2.p?gRO
却永远只写了一半 n3z]&J5fr
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