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Coming here' f' |. v( Z+ ?: ?5 e4 E# w
Settling down
7 C. u. v) G6 P/ }was easier for you
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set the clock's dark hands
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I watched others+ u' t2 d1 T" C0 {4 U2 q
come and go back
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We never did
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leave our children
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settled down in theirs& J: Y$ Y% ? F; _) V9 w/ x2 ?
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, {3 U3 ^7 o2 q-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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