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Coming here
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I measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground) h+ n- r1 B }' T) K6 k
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Days inched into years
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come and go back
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We never did
0 S( @" _& U. k0 Pnor can we now
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* n. c) E( e, U4 W2 Fleave our children 8 [' D- T+ i0 H6 b+ U
and their children 5 v! S+ _$ M4 z9 |$ d+ V
settled down in theirs
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4 o$ M0 E6 s4 L3 G' \-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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