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Coming here
: R% `/ ]9 J7 X9 ^Settling down- ?$ ]/ s# d8 t( m) P* r
was easier for you
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I measured the miles7 [+ C+ s3 j. Q! G" m
set the clock's dark hands
" D9 x' b6 V1 P( O" v( F$ Pwith a view of returning to home ground
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7 O+ d; Y7 u2 D4 I9 w1 p, GDays inched into years4 l2 A( A! H1 i9 X
I watched others& e/ y) v" P; S- q/ y
come and go back
& I, n% d% R: U9 i" t8 @& Ego and come back
# M( v: {9 R5 b- j1 W3 [6 I3 u; EWe never did; {& j3 g4 ]* ~( z
nor can we now
! e* q( P) j4 N/ J& Xresettle in the old country
1 e# |6 m" C+ B" Bleave our children # M# h m8 k1 P4 F5 Z
and their children
: E1 E% R! g5 F. z0 z7 ~4 X& z/ }settled down in theirs( N$ ~0 E) n. y- C3 x
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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