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Coming here
3 P& j, F* l3 A. L. E7 H% ySettling down
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I measured the miles7 q7 y; o" _ u# _$ G) ^5 A
set the clock's dark hands1 k4 }$ i* C5 n# U
with a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years- t; s' Q% |2 K0 Z* v
I watched others
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go and come back
8 s$ r: M, N5 v$ [1 \* J3 `7 wWe never did
( @4 ]; `: ]: t7 }- \nor can we now8 C$ H* T& U3 {" f+ O
resettle in the old country
; i' K" L5 o) s& jleave our children
) m1 x4 @0 i, H! {4 t% Q. sand their children
8 b+ F3 h, s$ y7 e1 ~5 W$ vsettled down in theirs) p# O+ B' S3 \3 O3 G; V9 Y* k G
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% v8 q, |4 V. D6 ?-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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