Love at First Sight
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that a sudden feeling had united them {v}f/cu
This certainty is beautiful, o>W H;EBL
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. 8xs[{?|:
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They thought they didn't know each other, S
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nothing had ever happened between them. PGsXB"k<8
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, iE, I\TY[
they could have passed each other long ago 9; H R
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I would like to ask them, ~z$vF
if they can remember - Ig t:M[
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perhaps in a revolving door V]tucs
face to face one day? Lo\+T+n
A "sorry" in the crowd? w7$*J:{
"Wrong number" on the phone? \C5 YVl#
- but I know the answer. D'F=v\P
No, they don't remember. f ."bq43(
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How surprised they would be >c*}Do{lG
for such a long time already `/#f8R1g
fate has been playing with them. B?'`\q)UL
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Not quite yet ready dq28Y$9~
to change into destiny, INOw0E[
which brings them nearer and yet further, a?/GEfd
barriering their path dkt'~
and suppressing a laugh, Mf
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leaped aside. w,cfSF;=tC
There were signs, indications, 3,+)3,N
but maybe just undecipherable. E%t_17,=j
Three years ago, perhaps Mdsn"Y V
or even last Tuesday, MU4/arXy
this leaf flying (|I:d!>:U
from one shoulder to another? t8DySFT
Something was dropped and then picked up. iUJqAi1o
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished 9}Ud'#E
into childhood bushes? 4d#w}
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There were handles, door bells, i[/g&fx
where, on the trace of a hand, 3zo]*6p0
another hand was placed; Gkv<)}G
suitcases next to one another in the ^E*W
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Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, 2F[smUL
suddenly erased after waking. f^z~{|%l!
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Every beginning
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is only a sequel, after all, q{5wx8_U
and the book of fate U~n>k<`sr
is always just half open. Veo:G{
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他们都以为 6ziiV_p
是那瞬间的感觉 l2QO\O
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将他们结合在一起
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这种确定的感觉很美 $_CE!_G&)
但那种不确定的感觉 =p,+a/*
却更加妙不可言 rVgz+'rFD[
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 9ot A5I^v
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 e6f:@ O?
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 ~G|un}g=
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 *{8<4CVv
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我想问问他们 _xT=AF9~o
是否记得在某个回转门 -.-je"E
那个面对面的瞬间? ,e{( r0
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? 83~
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或者电话里的一句「打错了」? .VG$`g"
但我已经知道答案了 V #["Z}
不,他们并不记得 _PD RUJ
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他们一定会十分惊讶 Dnn$-W|NC
原来 gKy@$at&
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 VU3xP2c:
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但这运气 b fy `UZr
却还没有成为命运 6X2>zUHR
它曾让他们如此接近 >=Hm2daN
却又让他们擦肩而过 6REv( E]
阻断他们之间的联系 W`_pjld
又忍着邪恶的笑意 qD=o;:~Km
跳着跑开了 NfvvwG;M
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 )';Rb$<Qn
但这暗示也许过于深奥 5$Lo]H*
可能在三年前 Jlw%t!Kx
或者就在上个星期二 /z:pid,_0
不是就有一片落叶 bh9rsRb}O
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? r \+&{EEG
一个人的东西曾经掉落 BayO+,>K
又被另一个人拣起来 ;AMbo`YK[
谁知道呢 ]vj4E"2;
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 q}gj.@Q"
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某个门把手上 e FDhJ
或者某个门铃上 ?O(KmDH
两个人的手 XOgl>1O
也许曾经放在同一个位置 V^fSrW]
两个人的包 7KIOI,qb6
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 ?z3c$}
甚至 -;pZC}Nd3
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 , ,1H#;j
只是第二天早上起来 #v!(uuq,
却忘掉了 EOJ k7
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每一次开始 %"tLs%"7=P
也许 .2?txOKh
都只是一种继续 k[lYdk
而两个人之间的故事 c4QegN
却永远只写了一半 d~+8ui{-U
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