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Coming here4 e8 }) N+ Z' {- P
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was easier for you
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I measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground7 f" U7 a: B3 L$ y$ p
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Days inched into years
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come and go back
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We never did
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leave our children
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settled down in theirs# ^/ y- Q. b5 _8 m
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7 r$ D/ N4 ]& j( ]. c5 k; I-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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