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Coming here* q4 Y* ]! h9 q1 W# A; S
Settling down# D* @& P; t$ h4 S
was easier for you
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$ m/ P/ L5 C0 J$ @: rI measured the miles
1 J/ Y" A9 \7 d& _! t& ]/ }set the clock's dark hands
; W4 {7 U2 Q% [5 Wwith a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years- G3 C; l1 Y! M0 Q, z Q0 ^- S
I watched others9 T M' B+ C3 a5 {7 |; Q8 y8 j% _' l
come and go back5 ? w' g Q! O i
go and come back8 e8 J# w1 I- m$ f1 T7 I
We never did3 L- \* c" T3 N- i
nor can we now
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leave our children ! {3 z6 e; q6 ?# K6 S4 Z
and their children
) M0 e" P' G! j5 ^& Jsettled down in theirs
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2 Y: A+ Q& G h8 I1 l( G-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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