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that a sudden feeling had united them ` Fa~
This certainty is beautiful, kMIcK4.MH
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. 8V'~UzK
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They thought they didn't know each other, D+TD 95t
nothing had ever happened between them. }|h# \$w
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, Ua:}V n&!
they could have passed each other long ago ^UP`%egR
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I would like to ask them, P78g/p T
if they can remember - @ a! #G
perhaps in a revolving door Dj"F\j 1
face to face one day? Wf+cDpK
A "sorry" in the crowd? `KZm0d{H
"Wrong number" on the phone? 5'OrHk;u
- but I know the answer. G30-^Tr
No, they don't remember. z O-z%y
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How surprised they would be
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for such a long time already KjD/o?JUr
fate has been playing with them. "Wct({n
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Not quite yet ready )8a~L8oN
to change into destiny, =Qy<GeY
which brings them nearer and yet further, \j$&DCv
barriering their path G<L;4nA)
and suppressing a laugh, yuh *
leaped aside. ik)|{%!K]H
There were signs, indications, X]ipI$'+C
but maybe just undecipherable. x+\`gK5
Three years ago, perhaps 2=*H 8'k
or even last Tuesday, OAgniLv
this leaf flying 9)l$ aBa
from one shoulder to another? hZm"t/aKc
Something was dropped and then picked up. tHU 2/V:R
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished U7?;UCmX
into childhood bushes? cn3#R.G~
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There were handles, door bells, tj' \tW+s'
where, on the trace of a hand, on4HKeO
another hand was placed; iDpSj!x/_
suitcases next to one another in the mVj9 ,q0
left luggage. * `JYC
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, z0d.J1VW
suddenly erased after waking. 34f?6K1c
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Every beginning pE`})/?\*
is only a sequel, after all, D,k6$`
and the book of fate f[]dfLS"W
is always just half open. _qF+tm
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他们都以为 XgZD%7
是那瞬间的感觉 N:^n('U&j
将他们结合在一起 kXViWOXU^
这种确定的感觉很美 EfqX
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但那种不确定的感觉 N"Z{5A
却更加妙不可言
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 &j;wCvE4+
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 ez7A4>/
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 2_>N/Z4T
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 {4l8}w
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我想问问他们 ${DUCud,kY
是否记得在某个回转门 QRw"H 8nW
那个面对面的瞬间? VMZMG$C
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? QL(n} {.%
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? Lw1Yvtn
但我已经知道答案了 !n`fTK<$
不,他们并不记得 &<z1k-&!
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他们一定会十分惊讶 hWjc<9
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 &bS,hbD t
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但这运气 b1cy$I
却还没有成为命运 #`^}PuQ
它曾让他们如此接近 )+#` CIv
却又让他们擦肩而过 [+^1.N
阻断他们之间的联系 p:&8sO!m
又忍着邪恶的笑意 "MeVE#O
跳着跑开了 -abt:or
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 a
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但这暗示也许过于深奥 9+|$$)
可能在三年前 Q3'llOx
或者就在上个星期二 +w`2kv
不是就有一片落叶 jRa43ck
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? ~g91Pr
一个人的东西曾经掉落 #<fRE"v:Q
又被另一个人拣起来 p%ki>p )E|
谁知道呢 (g]!J_Z"
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 8\^R~K`sY
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某个门把手上 9X6h
或者某个门铃上 yxPazz
两个人的手 2Ah#<k-gC;
也许曾经放在同一个位置 {p2!|A&a
两个人的包 +|3@=.V
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 }dX*[I
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也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 <sbu;dQ`
只是第二天早上起来 )$2QZ
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却忘掉了 h4gXvPS&r
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每一次开始 =IZT(8
也许 #\{l"-
都只是一种继续 E_rI?t^
而两个人之间的故事 =jN.1}
却永远只写了一半 b=C*W,Q_#
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