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Coming here
. X2 C/ W8 {" q1 sSettling down
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I measured the miles6 U1 t3 X6 j' k! P5 r2 \" D$ a
set the clock's dark hands
: D9 R+ ~/ V7 ]( cwith a view of returning to home ground7 \8 o1 F1 r0 A, N1 O
h! K. T7 k# ~; z& sDays inched into years
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come and go back
3 r* m& r* |/ N; hgo and come back
! P: U5 ^, h, C: E: h! B0 c, G( _! I0 hWe never did
: E9 y+ s& u3 E2 F Enor can we now# `# Q: o' t# g% ?
resettle in the old country) b7 h( J2 t- }9 X. K' |& I3 _9 {1 [
leave our children 0 m# T% f9 U" w0 z" {# T
and their children , ^, Y# G1 K* _/ b6 a% G2 o
settled down in theirs% O+ ^+ D4 x4 z% `
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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