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Coming here
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2 P& T$ X: d. J y! |2 @7 Jwas easier for you
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I measured the miles2 N. ^% ? D( \' E
set the clock's dark hands
+ U. {; f9 C" Vwith a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years/ A, Y4 O5 Z: Z2 O# m
I watched others
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go and come back
4 y0 U/ w! J* u! W. b( eWe never did
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: ~. |/ u& C2 A# m( z0 q5 wresettle in the old country
" B7 U6 K! v$ U, ^; I; {9 Oleave our children * z6 ^, J2 a/ [( G
and their children 7 |4 I% t \+ M. A4 ?5 {3 j8 f- M
settled down in theirs; w9 e: _& L5 e7 Y; Z" W5 u
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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