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They both thought gr?[KDl~
that a sudden feeling had united them +9MoKn=h
This certainty is beautiful, Cpm&w?6
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. r~&[Gaw
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They thought they didn't know each other, %|&Wc pQR
nothing had ever happened between them. n*UD0U}`
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, ,P&.qg i=(
they could have passed each other long ago 5 *8V4ca
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I would like to ask them, ?pS,?>J f
if they can remember - sEQA C9M
perhaps in a revolving door #bz#&vt$
face to face one day? zJhG`iWFw
A "sorry" in the crowd? \uT2)X( N
"Wrong number" on the phone? a^U)2{A*f
- but I know the answer. q2o`.f+I
No, they don't remember. 2$)xpET
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How surprised they would be 8T&.8r
for such a long time already jea{BhdUr
fate has been playing with them. ~C|. .Z
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Not quite yet ready '&XL|_Iq
to change into destiny, w}wABO
which brings them nearer and yet further, }Zs
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barriering their path '<}N`PS#N
and suppressing a laugh, 6FYO5=R
leaped aside. u0&QStI
There were signs, indications, i%M6$or
but maybe just undecipherable. JDTlzu1hR
Three years ago, perhaps 8zDLX,M-
or even last Tuesday, Fj?gXc5{
this leaf flying UcZ20inj0
from one shoulder to another? T1\LS*~!
Something was dropped and then picked up. !p&[:+qN
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished (!^i6z0Sp
into childhood bushes? E}7@?o7u}
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There were handles, door bells, n};:*N!
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where, on the trace of a hand, }XJA#@
another hand was placed; /$w,8pV=
suitcases next to one another in the `x{*P.]N!<
left luggage. |ia#Elavo
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, ]LcCom:]
suddenly erased after waking. 4=BIYC"Lu
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Every beginning re]e4lZ
is only a sequel, after all, S!'Y:AeD&
and the book of fate V 6DWYs>
is always just half open. 'T!^H
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他们都以为 AQx:}PO
是那瞬间的感觉 Y@jO#6R
将他们结合在一起 hH&A1vUv
这种确定的感觉很美 25NTtj:X
但那种不确定的感觉 J@CKgE
却更加妙不可言 F.]D\"0`
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 ECZ`I Z.
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 $N; Nvp2
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 `#/0q*$
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 *H2@lrc
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我想问问他们 y.iA]Ikz
是否记得在某个回转门 wFe?0u
那个面对面的瞬间?
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拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? QfdATK P
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? VxgP^*
但我已经知道答案了 (_9 u<
不,他们并不记得 xtWwz}^8]
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他们一定会十分惊讶 kYW>o}J|
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 PVC Fh$pnw
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但这运气 yi29+T7j4S
却还没有成为命运 UrMEL;@g
它曾让他们如此接近 n+'gVEBA
却又让他们擦肩而过 Em<B9S
阻断他们之间的联系 |~+i=y
又忍着邪恶的笑意 Oq`CK f
跳着跑开了 [3@Pu.-I+M
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 Z,jR:_p
但这暗示也许过于深奥 h4 X=d5qd
可能在三年前 m }J@w~#
或者就在上个星期二 k1.h |&JJN
不是就有一片落叶 K *QRi/O
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? QWncKE,O$
一个人的东西曾经掉落 mqt$'_M
又被另一个人拣起来 ~; V5*t
谁知道呢 L?Fb}
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 ~x-"?K
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某个门把手上 ^t2b`n60
或者某个门铃上 !l(O$T9T
两个人的手 "mtEjK5
也许曾经放在同一个位置 rk E;OU
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也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 rGn6S&-
甚至 *^+]`S
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 }wIF$v?M
只是第二天早上起来 d,5,OJY2f
却忘掉了 E ',z<S
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每一次开始 ,pTj'I
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都只是一种继续 qexnsL
而两个人之间的故事 kMz*10$gn
却永远只写了一半 P9W!xvV`w
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