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Coming here
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I measured the miles- e* f5 L0 z0 K6 w/ i
set the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years
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go and come back" H) l0 i9 ?1 r& k) x i; L
We never did
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resettle in the old country$ v. \! C! ]% u5 s
leave our children
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settled down in theirs( Y+ x. G: V3 e! C
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" p ?3 |/ w. W* l5 l-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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