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that a sudden feeling had united them |cUlXg=
This certainty is beautiful, I.1zD aP
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. vlOMB
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They thought they didn't know each other, gmy_ZVU'
nothing had ever happened between them. IP/
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These streets, these stairs, this corridors, Rr(,i%fu
they could have passed each other long ago [ gx<7}[
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I would like to ask them, fg+Q7'*Vq
if they can remember - Z!7#"wO9+V
perhaps in a revolving door 8H3|^J
face to face one day? :Uj+iYE8Z8
A "sorry" in the crowd? Ah)_mxK
"Wrong number" on the phone? .B_)w:oF
- but I know the answer. 3($%A GKJ
No, they don't remember. :Y~fPke
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How surprised they would be Z/6B[,V
for such a long time already )r5QOa/
fate has been playing with them. ]X;Ty\UD&
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Not quite yet ready >jRz4%
to change into destiny, M*}C.E!
which brings them nearer and yet further, pZ%/;sxYa
barriering their path 95[yGO>ZYz
and suppressing a laugh, ~'=s?\I
leaped aside. eHm!
There were signs, indications, ={YW*1Xw
but maybe just undecipherable. a[[u>oHyd
Three years ago, perhaps tWdj"n%
or even last Tuesday, Vv0dBFe
this leaf flying Z?O aY4
from one shoulder to another? lmo>z'<
Something was dropped and then picked up. Xc"S"a^\%
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished TY5<hPU=
into childhood bushes? 2?nK71c"
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There were handles, door bells, ?&pjP,a
where, on the trace of a hand, _{TGO
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another hand was placed; G6]M~:<i
suitcases next to one another in the N9Y,%lQ|B8
left luggage. a
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Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, sq*d?<:3
suddenly erased after waking. bJmVq%>;
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is only a sequel, after all, ePP-&V"`"
and the book of fate Xu3o,k
is always just half open. E<>n0",
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他们都以为 ;.'2ZNt2
是那瞬间的感觉 $ThkK3
将他们结合在一起 LK)0g 4{
这种确定的感觉很美 /E@LnKe
但那种不确定的感觉 #3f\,4K5
却更加妙不可言 \\Fl,'
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 ?9i
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也许从来没有发生过任何联系 qXn%c"
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 M%/ML=eLi
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 /<\>j+SC
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我想问问他们 66,?f<b
是否记得在某个回转门 s>9w+|6Ji
那个面对面的瞬间? ]<WKi=
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? 8Tyf#`'I
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? K!lGo3n]
但我已经知道答案了 hIuKs5`
不,他们并不记得 H
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他们一定会十分惊讶 (B.J8`h }
原来 vA10'Gx'
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 b6 &`]O;%
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但这运气 24}r;=U
却还没有成为命运 gxycw4kz
它曾让他们如此接近 Sx5r u?$.
却又让他们擦肩而过 wv #1s3
阻断他们之间的联系 ]/XNfb
又忍着邪恶的笑意 ^D/:[
跳着跑开了 MW &iNioX
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 5#p [Q _
但这暗示也许过于深奥 .36z
可能在三年前 rg]eSP3W
或者就在上个星期二 r77?s?
不是就有一片落叶 qhRs5QXL
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? =P!SN]nFeP
一个人的东西曾经掉落 wv|:-8V
又被另一个人拣起来 l'fUa
谁知道呢 S^]i
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 H5j~<@STC
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某个门把手上 6=3}gd5
或者某个门铃上 osB[KRT>("
两个人的手 ~vy_~|6s
也许曾经放在同一个位置 CL5u{i5
两个人的包 cfyN)#9
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 iEux`CcJ.
甚至 =5a~xlBjD
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 Q+*o-
只是第二天早上起来 {0WLY@7 2?
却忘掉了 L5Rj;qhi
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每一次开始 iqig~fjK~
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都只是一种继续 Cp7 EJr~
而两个人之间的故事 eNY$N_P
却永远只写了一半 0.4c|-n
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