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Coming here
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was easier for you9 t. ~# J6 @$ Q/ z& a
Homesick
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Days inched into years
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go and come back" C& H6 ~$ R3 R9 n
We never did
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leave our children
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settled down in theirs
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& [( l n0 o6 p, g$ v-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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