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Coming here
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0 E% D" @) w- n) l1 p9 z3 |was easier for you
; ~9 P. g$ M# _) }+ H, mHomesick
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set the clock's dark hands# V7 h2 S. {; M' F9 A8 m0 ^1 V
with a view of returning to home ground
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come and go back, `. d8 O4 r4 ^4 n2 E$ A0 c
go and come back8 Q7 S% R: w/ p. x8 d/ h! h
We never did! s! V$ g- f) h& I4 q
nor can we now
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* E' c8 q' t2 K& }8 Y% }leave our children
, S" x/ @ J0 C, S' P( B# t3 Qand their children
& W2 T# U7 c3 Csettled down in theirs
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! q( u0 T! S. j; J: o" Q% d) J-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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