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by Wislawa Szymborska u@444Vzg
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They both thought [><Tm\(:
that a sudden feeling had united them =|9!vzG4
This certainty is beautiful, 3$/IC@+
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. d_CT$
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They thought they didn't know each other, YZ7.1`8
nothing had ever happened between them. z!\*Y
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These streets, these stairs, this corridors, 7Yy ;
they could have passed each other long ago /V By^ L:
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I would like to ask them, "jCu6Rj d
if they can remember - <Z$J<]I
perhaps in a revolving door 3gzXbP,
face to face one day? yQrD9*t&g
A "sorry" in the crowd? 7:~_D7n
"Wrong number" on the phone? q\)-BXw:
- but I know the answer. T{'RV0%
No, they don't remember. Ca-j?bb!
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How surprised they would be {+Jv+J9
for such a long time already Hp?/a?\Xm
fate has been playing with them. #E]59_
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to change into destiny, QL* IiFR
which brings them nearer and yet further, vSh`&w^*
barriering their path ?ubro0F:
and suppressing a laugh, 5-M-X#(
leaped aside. '>"
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There were signs, indications, ^@]3R QB
but maybe just undecipherable. >dT*rH 3w
Three years ago, perhaps %)n=x
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or even last Tuesday, WhDJ7{D
this leaf flying _B0L.eF
from one shoulder to another? 2pAW9R#UV-
Something was dropped and then picked up. iQ{VY
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Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished 0$njMnB2l
into childhood bushes? _4f;<FL
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There were handles, door bells, =lC7gS!U
where, on the trace of a hand, Dzbz)Zst
another hand was placed; ;G!q Y
suitcases next to one another in the _G0x3
left luggage. 54/=G(F
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, w>YDNOk
suddenly erased after waking. [
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is only a sequel, after all, pXUSLs
and the book of fate OKV8zO
is always just half open. 3sk9`=[{$
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他们都以为 ry!!9Z>9n
是那瞬间的感觉 W4N{S.#!
将他们结合在一起 F5Va+z,jg
这种确定的感觉很美 +q oRP2
但那种不确定的感觉 b]y2+A.n
却更加妙不可言 h\e.e3/
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 Z}QB.$&
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 % `3jL7|
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 xfQ1T)F3g
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 [vgtc.V
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我想问问他们 $^P0F9~0
是否记得在某个回转门 ZW}_DT0
那个面对面的瞬间? 8_8l.!~
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? =Uh$&m
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? xA/D'
但我已经知道答案了 RpF&\x>
不,他们并不记得 Ned."e
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他们一定会十分惊讶 PeT'^?>
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运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 ise-O1'
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但这运气 '%D7C=;^
却还没有成为命运 c:0L+OF}xY
它曾让他们如此接近 _LPHPj^Pg
却又让他们擦肩而过 w@b)g
阻断他们之间的联系 (?c-iKGc
又忍着邪恶的笑意 OH88n69
跳着跑开了 Z7#+pPt!
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 Zh,71Umz
但这暗示也许过于深奥 g ?k=^C
可能在三年前 . ^u,.
或者就在上个星期二 ;I*o@x_
不是就有一片落叶 Ei|\3Kx
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? ]q.0!lh+WL
一个人的东西曾经掉落 ZEQ Ex]Y
又被另一个人拣起来 s>en
谁知道呢 H. c7Nle
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 /mMV{[
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某个门把手上 g{Rd=1SK]
或者某个门铃上 ;r8X.>P*
两个人的手 n ;Ei\\p!
也许曾经放在同一个位置 U17d>]ka
两个人的包 yr6V3],Tp
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 "zc l|@
甚至 R=dC4;
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 O=lzT~G|4
只是第二天早上起来 [ }:$yg
却忘掉了 nu^436MSOa
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每一次开始 \lY_~*J
也许 4JEpl'5^Q
都只是一种继续 /mHqurB
而两个人之间的故事 }#J/fa9
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却永远只写了一半 J05e#-)<K
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