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Coming here) I* Y+ {- M" d5 a
Settling down
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I measured the miles" B1 R, E0 C, F
set the clock's dark hands" z, G" U0 J. L. u& M( ~3 C! z/ A
with a view of returning to home ground
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/ r$ E: e8 ?0 F4 hDays inched into years2 k% b/ m& p3 A: L
I watched others
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go and come back
: q6 W9 G0 N/ W) \$ T0 d7 i6 Z% JWe never did9 F7 E& l8 p h! b
nor can we now: K' _9 x* `7 k' Z5 Z1 P
resettle in the old country
6 S$ ` q# g6 J! x+ @$ U8 [0 Uleave our children
/ f4 m# ?) ~. ^" Iand their children - d0 b/ p9 D' ?
settled down in theirs2 R: ^/ d( \6 {3 w/ C" ^; z, Q% U' m% w
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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