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that a sudden feeling had united them K iEmvC
This certainty is beautiful, d@p#{ -
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. ZS%W/.?
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They thought they didn't know each other, :}yT?LIyP
nothing had ever happened between them. Af\
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, d@ >i=l [
they could have passed each other long ago 1Au+X3
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I would like to ask them, 2e-`V5{)b
if they can remember - OIJT~Z}
perhaps in a revolving door v$D U
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face to face one day? x5CMP%}d
A "sorry" in the crowd? tXqX[Td`0g
"Wrong number" on the phone? 2n$Wey[
- but I know the answer. peF)U
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No, they don't remember. M\/hK2J# #
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How surprised they would be uIbAlE
for such a long time already ZSs@9ej
fate has been playing with them. y%X!l(gQ
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Not quite yet ready 9|lLce$
to change into destiny, #%2 d;V
which brings them nearer and yet further, yx|{:Li!
barriering their path qDG2rFu&[
and suppressing a laugh, T@=C2
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leaped aside. ggL/7I(
There were signs, indications, + c+i u6+"
but maybe just undecipherable. P6O\\,B1A
Three years ago, perhaps $~iZ aX8&
or even last Tuesday, vJaWHC$q
this leaf flying h=0a9vIXF
from one shoulder to another? i%JJ+9N
Something was dropped and then picked up. Ix6\5}.c 9
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished cFt&E