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Coming here2 T8 t4 j8 g g
Settling down
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I measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground
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7 D+ m2 T7 T' @: M4 Q$ q& _Days inched into years
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come and go back
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1 e$ U" `& K. k" s2 w6 aWe never did
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5 x6 G) @4 B3 n8 I' N. s6 }resettle in the old country
Z) D' n6 {* O7 I2 _4 bleave our children
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settled down in theirs6 C+ `) z4 b& W+ p3 m- h
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. J' M! Q; {% Z0 w. M' S2 V-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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